#ADAE79#ADAE79

#ADAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.072 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE79
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -8.88, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 28.58, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0233 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.072 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.8210, 40.5374, 24.0229)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE79 #7A79AE

analogous

#AE9479 #ADAE79 #92AE79

triadic

#ADAE79 #79ADAE #AE79AD

tetradic

#ADAE79 #79AE94 #7A79AE #AE7992

square

#ADAE79 #79AE94 #7A79AE #AE7992

split-complementary

#ADAE79 #7992AE #9479AE

monochromatic

#6B6C41 #919258 #ADAE79 #C4C59F #DCDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ADAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE79

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE79	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.072 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6a0',
    500: '#adae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae79;
$custom-light: #c6c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE79

secondary

#B7B7CC

accent

#67C168

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE79

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

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