#ADAB2A#ADAB2A

#ADAB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB2A
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -14.11, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 63.40, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0455 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2156, 38.1783, 7.8622)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB2A #2A2CAD

analogous

#AD6A2A #ADAB2A #6EAD2A

triadic

#ADAB2A #2AADAB #AB2AAD

tetradic

#ADAB2A #2AAD6A #2A2CAD #AD2A6E

square

#ADAB2A #2AAD6A #2A2CAD #AD2A6E

split-complementary

#ADAB2A #2A6EAD #6A2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4A12 #7C7A1E #ADAB2A #D1CF43 #DDDC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB2A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB2A	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36e',
    500: '#adab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab2a;
$custom-light: #c9c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB2A

secondary

#6E6FC5

accent

#46E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB2A

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

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