#ADAE35#ADAE35

#ADAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.139 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE35
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -15.13, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 60.68, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0474 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.139 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0134, 39.4143, 9.2362)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE35 #3635AE

analogous

#AE7335 #ADAE35 #71AE35

triadic

#ADAE35 #35ADAE #AE35AD

tetradic

#ADAE35 #35AE73 #3635AE #AE3571

square

#ADAE35 #35AE73 #3635AE #AE3571

split-complementary

#ADAE35 #3571AE #7335AE

monochromatic

#505018 #7E7F27 #ADAE35 #CACB55 #D9DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ADAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE35

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE35	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#adae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae35;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE35

secondary

#7C7CC3

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE35

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

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