#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
RGBrgb(173, 171, 37)
HSLhsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.13, -14.30, 63.36)
CIE-LCHlch(68.13, 64.95, 102.72°)
OKLaboklab(72.03% -0.0465 0.1378)
OKLCHoklch(72.03% 0.145 108.7)
XYZxyz(32.1317, 38.1447, 7.4200)
Luminance0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ADAB251.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

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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#ADAB25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva