#ADAF36#ADAF36

#ADAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF36
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -15.59, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 60.70, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0485 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.14 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2305, 39.8114, 9.4232)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF36 #3836AF

analogous

#AF7536 #ADAF36 #70AF36

triadic

#ADAF36 #36ADAF #AF36AD

tetradic

#ADAF36 #36AF75 #3836AF #AF3670

square

#ADAF36 #36AF75 #3836AF #AF3670

split-complementary

#ADAF36 #3670AF #7536AF

monochromatic

#515119 #7F8028 #ADAF36 #C9CB57 #D8DA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ADAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF36

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF36	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)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c675',
    500: '#adaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf36;
$custom-light: #c9c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF36

secondary

#7F7DC3

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF36

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

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