#ADAF49#ADAF49

#ADAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF49
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -14.36, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 52.83, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.043 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.125 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7671, 40.0261, 12.2491)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF49 #4B49AF

analogous

#AF7E49 #ADAF49 #7AAF49

triadic

#ADAF49 #49ADAF #AF49AD

tetradic

#ADAF49 #49AF7E #4B49AF #AF497A

square

#ADAF49 #49AF7E #4B49AF #AF497A

split-complementary

#ADAF49 #497AAF #7E49AF

monochromatic

#585925 #828437 #ADAF49 #C2C471 #D5D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#ADAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF49

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF49	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c680',
    500: '#adaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf49;
$custom-light: #c8c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF49

secondary

#9291C2

accent

#57D159

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF49

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

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