#ADAE4E#ADAE4E

#ADAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE4E
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -13.45, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 50.12, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0399 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.119 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7456, 39.7072, 13.0929)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE4E #4F4EAE

analogous

#AE7F4E #ADAE4E #7DAE4E

triadic

#ADAE4E #4EADAE #AE4EAD

tetradic

#ADAE4E #4EAE7F #4F4EAE #AE4E7D

square

#ADAE4E #4EAE7F #4F4EAE #AE4E7D

split-complementary

#ADAE4E #4E7DAE #7F4EAE

monochromatic

#595928 #83843B #ADAE4E #C1C277 #D4D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE4E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE4E	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)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c683',
    500: '#adae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae4e;
$custom-light: #c8c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE4E

secondary

#9696C2

accent

#5ACE5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE4E

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

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