#ADAB22#ADAB22

#ADAB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB22
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -14.41, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 65.81, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.047 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0865, 38.1266, 7.1820)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB22 #2224AD

analogous

#AD6622 #ADAB22 #69AD22

triadic

#ADAB22 #22ADAB #AB22AD

tetradic

#ADAB22 #22AD66 #2224AD #AD2269

square

#ADAB22 #22AD66 #2224AD #AD2269

split-complementary

#ADAB22 #2269AD #6622AD

monochromatic

#47460E #7A7818 #ADAB22 #D7D535 #E1E068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ADAB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB22

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB22	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#adab22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab22;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72018,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB22

secondary

#6465C7

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB22

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

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