#ADAB2E#ADAB2E

#ADAB2E 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	#ADAB2E
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -13.93, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 62.05, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0447 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2908, 38.2083, 8.2582)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB2E #2E30AD

analogous

#AD6B2E #ADAB2E #6FAD2E

triadic

#ADAB2E #2EADAB #AB2EAD

tetradic

#ADAB2E #2EAD6B #2E30AD #AD2E6F

square

#ADAB2E #2EAD6B #2E30AD #AD2E6F

split-complementary

#ADAB2E #2E6FAD #6B2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4B14 #7D7B21 #ADAB2E #CFCD49 #DCDA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB2E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB2E	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)

#B9A415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c370',
    500: '#adab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab2e;
$custom-light: #c9c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB2E

secondary

#7374C4

accent

#49E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB2E

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

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