#ADAF2A#ADAF2A

#ADAF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF2A
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -16.16, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 64.87, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0512 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.147 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9827, 39.7123, 8.1179)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF2A #2C2AAF

analogous

#AF6E2A #ADAF2A #6BAF2A

triadic

#ADAF2A #2AADAF #AF2AAD

tetradic

#ADAF2A #2AAF6E #2C2AAF #AF2A6B

square

#ADAF2A #2AAF6E #2C2AAF #AF2A6B

split-complementary

#ADAF2A #2A6BAF #6E2AAF

monochromatic

#4B4C12 #7C7E1E #ADAF2A #D0D244 #DCDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADAF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF2A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c66f',
    500: '#adaf2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf2a;
$custom-light: #c9c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72949,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF2A

secondary

#716FC6

accent

#43E446

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF2A

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

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