#ADAF37#ADAF37

#ADAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.139 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF37
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -15.53, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 60.32, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0483 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.139 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2542, 39.8209, 9.5482)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF37 #3937AF

analogous

#AF7537 #ADAF37 #71AF37

triadic

#ADAF37 #37ADAF #AF37AD

tetradic

#ADAF37 #37AF75 #3937AF #AF3771

square

#ADAF37 #37AF75 #3937AF #AF3771

split-complementary

#ADAF37 #3771AF #7537AF

monochromatic

#51521A #7F8028 #ADAF37 #C9CB59 #D8D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ADAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF37

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF37	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)

#BDA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.139 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c675',
    500: '#adaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf37;
$custom-light: #c9c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73036,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF37

secondary

#807FC3

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF37

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

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