#ADAB2F#ADAB2F

#ADAB2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB2F
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -13.89, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 61.70, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0445 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3108, 38.2163, 8.3633)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB2F #2F31AD

analogous

#AD6C2F #ADAB2F #70AD2F

triadic

#ADAB2F #2FADAB #AB2FAD

tetradic

#ADAB2F #2FAD6C #2F31AD #AD2F70

square

#ADAB2F #2FAD6C #2F31AD #AD2F70

split-complementary

#ADAB2F #2F70AD #6C2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4C15 #7D7B22 #ADAB2F #CECC4B #DBDA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAB2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB2F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB2F	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)

#B9A417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c371',
    500: '#adab2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab2f;
$custom-light: #c9c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB2F

secondary

#7475C4

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB2F

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

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