#ADAE3D#ADAE3D

#ADAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE3D
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -14.67, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 57.55, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0452 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.134 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2130, 39.4942, 10.2875)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE3D #3E3DAE

analogous

#AE763D #ADAE3D #74AE3D

triadic

#ADAE3D #3DADAE #AE3DAD

tetradic

#ADAE3D #3DAE76 #3E3DAE #AE3D74

square

#ADAE3D #3DAE76 #3E3DAE #AE3D74

split-complementary

#ADAE3D #3D74AE #763DAE

monochromatic

#53531D #80812D #ADAE3D #C7C861 #D7D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ADAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE3D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE3D	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c578',
    500: '#adae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae3d;
$custom-light: #c8c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.531,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE3D

secondary

#8585C2

accent

#50D851

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE3D

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

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