#ADAB23#ADAB23

#ADAB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB23
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -14.38, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 65.53, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0469 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1011, 38.1325, 7.2591)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB23 #2325AD

analogous

#AD6623 #ADAB23 #6AAD23

triadic

#ADAB23 #23ADAB #AB23AD

tetradic

#ADAB23 #23AD66 #2325AD #AD236A

square

#ADAB23 #23AD66 #2325AD #AD236A

split-complementary

#ADAB23 #236AAD #6623AD

monochromatic

#47460E #7A7919 #ADAB23 #D6D437 #E1DF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ADAB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB23

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB23	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: #adab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#adab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab23;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72023,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB23

secondary

#6567C7

accent

#41E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB23

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

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