#ADAE49#ADAE49

#ADAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE49
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -13.84, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 52.40, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0416 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.124 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5732, 39.6382, 12.1844)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE49 #4A49AE

analogous

#AE7C49 #ADAE49 #7AAE49

triadic

#ADAE49 #49ADAE #AE49AD

tetradic

#ADAE49 #49AE7C #4A49AE #AE497A

square

#ADAE49 #49AE7C #4A49AE #AE497A

split-complementary

#ADAE49 #497AAE #7C49AE

monochromatic

#575825 #828337 #ADAE49 #C3C371 #D5D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ADAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE49

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE49	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c680',
    500: '#adae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae49;
$custom-light: #c8c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE49

secondary

#9191C2

accent

#57D158

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE49

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

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