#ADAB25#ADAB25

#ADAB25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB25
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -14.30, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 64.95, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0465 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1317, 38.1447, 7.4200)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB25 #2527AD

analogous

#AD6725 #ADAB25 #6BAD25

triadic

#ADAB25 #25ADAB #AB25AD

tetradic

#ADAB25 #25AD67 #2527AD #AD256B

square

#ADAB25 #25AD67 #2527AD #AD256B

split-complementary

#ADAB25 #256BAD #6725AD

monochromatic

#48470F #7B791A #ADAB25 #D5D33A #E0DE6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ADAB25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB25

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB25	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)

#BBA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36c',
    500: '#adab25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab25;
$custom-light: #c9c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB25

secondary

#6869C6

accent

#43E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB25

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

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