#ADAE3E#ADAE3E

#ADAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE3E
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -14.60, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 57.14, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0449 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.133 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2402, 39.5050, 10.4307)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE3E #3F3EAE

analogous

#AE773E #ADAE3E #75AE3E

triadic

#ADAE3E #3EADAE #AE3EAD

tetradic

#ADAE3E #3EAE77 #3F3EAE #AE3E75

square

#ADAE3E #3EAE77 #3F3EAE #AE3E75

split-complementary

#ADAE3E #3E75AE #773EAE

monochromatic

#53541E #80812E #ADAE3E #C6C762 #D7D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ADAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE3E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE3E	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)

#BBA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c579',
    500: '#adae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae3e;
$custom-light: #c8c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE3E

secondary

#8686C2

accent

#51D752

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE3E

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

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