#ADAE43#ADAE43

#ADAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE43
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -14.28, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 55.03, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0435 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.129 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3837, 39.5625, 11.1869)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE43 #4443AE

analogous

#AE7A43 #ADAE43 #77AE43

triadic

#ADAE43 #43ADAE #AE43AD

tetradic

#ADAE43 #43AE7A #4443AE #AE4377

square

#ADAE43 #43AE7A #4443AE #AE4377

split-complementary

#ADAE43 #4377AE #7A43AE

monochromatic

#555621 #818232 #ADAE43 #C4C569 #D6D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ADAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE43

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE43	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c67c',
    500: '#adae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae43;
$custom-light: #c8c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE43

secondary

#8B8BC2

accent

#54D455

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE43

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

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