#ADAE55#ADAE55

#ADAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE55
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -12.86, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 46.83, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0375 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.113 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0101, 39.8130, 14.4857)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE55 #5655AE

analogous

#AE8255 #ADAE55 #80AE55

triadic

#ADAE55 #55ADAE #AE55AD

tetradic

#ADAE55 #55AE82 #5655AE #AE5580

square

#ADAE55 #55AE82 #5655AE #AE5580

split-complementary

#ADAE55 #5580AE #8255AE

monochromatic

#5C5D2C #858640 #ADAE55 #C1C27E #D5D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ADAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE55

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE55	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c687',
    500: '#adae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae55;
$custom-light: #c7c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.674,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE55

secondary

#9C9CC3

accent

#5CCB5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE55

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

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