#ADAF28#ADAF28

#ADAF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.148 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF28
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -16.24, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 65.50, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0516 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.148 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9478, 39.6983, 7.9340)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF28 #2A28AF

analogous

#AF6E28 #ADAF28 #6AAF28

triadic

#ADAF28 #28ADAF #AF28AD

tetradic

#ADAF28 #28AF6E #2A28AF #AF286A

square

#ADAF28 #28AF6E #2A28AF #AF286A

split-complementary

#ADAF28 #286AAF #6E28AF

monochromatic

#4B4B11 #7C7D1D #ADAF28 #D1D441 #DDDF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADAF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF28

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF28	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)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c66e',
    500: '#adaf28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf28;
$custom-light: #c9c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF28

secondary

#6E6DC6

accent

#42E644

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF28

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

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