#ADAE38#ADAE38

#ADAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE38
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -14.96, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 59.54, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0466 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.137 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0845, 39.4428, 9.6110)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE38 #3938AE

analogous

#AE7438 #ADAE38 #72AE38

triadic

#ADAE38 #38ADAE #AE38AD

tetradic

#ADAE38 #38AE74 #3938AE #AE3872

square

#ADAE38 #38AE74 #3938AE #AE3872

split-complementary

#ADAE38 #3872AE #7438AE

monochromatic

#51511A #7F8029 #ADAE38 #C9CA59 #D8D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE38

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE38	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#adae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae38;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE38

secondary

#807FC3

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE38

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

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