#ADAB2D#ADAB2D

#ADAB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB2D
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -13.98, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 62.40, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0449 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2714, 38.2006, 8.1556)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB2D #2D2FAD

analogous

#AD6B2D #ADAB2D #6FAD2D

triadic

#ADAB2D #2DADAB #AB2DAD

tetradic

#ADAB2D #2DAD6B #2D2FAD #AD2D6F

square

#ADAB2D #2DAD6B #2D2FAD #AD2D6F

split-complementary

#ADAB2D #2D6FAD #6B2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4B14 #7C7B20 #ADAB2D #CFCD48 #DCDA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB2D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB2D	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)

#B9A413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c370',
    500: '#adab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab2d;
$custom-light: #c9c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.062,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB2D

secondary

#7273C4

accent

#48E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB2D

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

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