#ADAE32#ADAE32

#ADAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE32
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -15.28, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 61.78, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0481 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.141 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9465, 39.3876, 8.8840)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE32 #3332AE

analogous

#AE7132 #ADAE32 #6FAE32

triadic

#ADAE32 #32ADAE #AE32AD

tetradic

#ADAE32 #32AE71 #3332AE #AE326F

square

#ADAE32 #32AE71 #3332AE #AE326F

split-complementary

#ADAE32 #326FAE #7132AE

monochromatic

#4E4F17 #7E7E24 #ADAE32 #CCCD50 #DADA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ADAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE32

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE32	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)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c572',
    500: '#adae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae32;
$custom-light: #c9c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE32

secondary

#7978C4

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE32

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

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