#ADAE45#ADAE45

#ADAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE45
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.14, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 54.17, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0429 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.127 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4448, 39.5869, 11.5083)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE45 #4645AE

analogous

#AE7A45 #ADAE45 #79AE45

triadic

#ADAE45 #45ADAE #AE45AD

tetradic

#ADAE45 #45AE7A #4645AE #AE4579

square

#ADAE45 #45AE7A #4645AE #AE4579

split-complementary

#ADAE45 #4579AE #7A45AE

monochromatic

#565622 #818234 #ADAE45 #C4C56C #D5D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ADAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE45

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE45	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c67d',
    500: '#adae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae45;
$custom-light: #c8c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE45

secondary

#8D8DC2

accent

#55D356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE45

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

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