#ADAB2B#ADAB2B

#ADAB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB2B
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -14.07, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 63.07, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0453 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2338, 38.1855, 7.9576)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB2B #2B2DAD

analogous

#AD6A2B #ADAB2B #6EAD2B

triadic

#ADAB2B #2BADAB #AB2BAD

tetradic

#ADAB2B #2BAD6A #2B2DAD #AD2B6E

square

#ADAB2B #2BAD6A #2B2DAD #AD2B6E

split-complementary

#ADAB2B #2B6EAD #6A2BAD

monochromatic

#4B4A13 #7C7B1F #ADAB2B #D1CF45 #DDDB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB2B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB2B	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)

#B9A40D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36f',
    500: '#adab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab2b;
$custom-light: #c9c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB2B

secondary

#6F71C4

accent

#47E344

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB2B

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

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