#ADAE41#ADAE41

#ADAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE41
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.41, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 55.89, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0441 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.13 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3248, 39.5389, 10.8763)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE41 #4241AE

analogous

#AE7841 #ADAE41 #77AE41

triadic

#ADAE41 #41ADAE #AE41AD

tetradic

#ADAE41 #41AE78 #4241AE #AE4177

square

#ADAE41 #41AE78 #4241AE #AE4177

split-complementary

#ADAE41 #4177AE #7841AE

monochromatic

#545520 #818130 #ADAE41 #C5C666 #D6D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ADAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE41

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE41	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c67b',
    500: '#adae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae41;
$custom-light: #c8c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE41

secondary

#8989C2

accent

#53D554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE41

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

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