#ADAE31#ADAE31

#ADAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE31
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -15.33, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 62.14, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0483 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.142 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9252, 39.3790, 8.7717)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE31 #3231AE

analogous

#AE7031 #ADAE31 #6EAE31

triadic

#ADAE31 #31ADAE #AE31AD

tetradic

#ADAE31 #31AE70 #3231AE #AE316E

square

#ADAE31 #31AE70 #3231AE #AE316E

split-complementary

#ADAE31 #316EAE #7031AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7E7E24 #ADAE31 #CCCD4F #DADB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ADAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE31

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE31	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c572',
    500: '#adae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae31;
$custom-light: #c9c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE31

secondary

#7877C4

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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