#ADAE4D#ADAE4D

#ADAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE4D
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -13.53, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 50.58, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0403 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.12 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7101, 39.6930, 12.9055)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE4D #4E4DAE

analogous

#AE7F4D #ADAE4D #7DAE4D

triadic

#ADAE4D #4DADAE #AE4DAD

tetradic

#ADAE4D #4DAE7F #4E4DAE #AE4D7D

square

#ADAE4D #4DAE7F #4E4DAE #AE4D7D

split-complementary

#ADAE4D #4D7DAE #7F4DAE

monochromatic

#595927 #83843A #ADAE4D #C2C276 #D5D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE4D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE4D	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c682',
    500: '#adae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae4d;
$custom-light: #c8c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE4D

secondary

#9595C2

accent

#59CF5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE4D

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

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