#ADAB31#ADAB31

#ADAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB31
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -13.79, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 60.99, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.044 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3521, 38.2328, 8.5806)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB31 #3133AD

analogous

#AD6D31 #ADAB31 #71AD31

triadic

#ADAB31 #31ADAB #AB31AD

tetradic

#ADAB31 #31AD6D #3133AD #AD3171

square

#ADAB31 #31AD6D #3133AD #AD3171

split-complementary

#ADAB31 #3171AD #6D31AD

monochromatic

#4E4D16 #7D7C23 #ADAB31 #CDCB4E #DAD97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ADAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB31

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB31	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c372',
    500: '#adab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab31;
$custom-light: #c9c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72106,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB31

secondary

#7778C3

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB31

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

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