#ADAE39#ADAE39

#ADAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; 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	#ADAE39
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -14.91, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 59.15, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0463 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.137 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1092, 39.4527, 9.7411)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE39 #3A39AE

analogous

#AE7539 #ADAE39 #72AE39

triadic

#ADAE39 #39ADAE #AE39AD

tetradic

#ADAE39 #39AE75 #3A39AE #AE3972

square

#ADAE39 #39AE75 #3A39AE #AE3972

split-complementary

#ADAE39 #3972AE #7539AE

monochromatic

#51521B #7F802A #ADAE39 #C8C95B #D8D889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE39

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c576',
    500: '#adae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae39;
$custom-light: #c9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE39

secondary

#8180C3

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE39

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

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