#ADAF38#ADAF38

#ADAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF38
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -15.48, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 59.94, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.048 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.138 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2784, 39.8306, 9.6757)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF38 #3A38AF

analogous

#AF7538 #ADAF38 #72AF38

triadic

#ADAF38 #38ADAF #AF38AD

tetradic

#ADAF38 #38AF75 #3A38AF #AF3872

square

#ADAF38 #38AF75 #3A38AF #AF3872

split-complementary

#ADAF38 #3872AF #7538AF

monochromatic

#51521A #7F8129 #ADAF38 #C8CA5A #D8D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ADAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF38

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF38	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c676',
    500: '#adaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf38;
$custom-light: #c9c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF38

secondary

#8180C3

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF38

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

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