#ADAB33#ADAB33

#ADAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB33
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -13.69, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 60.26, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0435 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3952, 38.2501, 8.8079)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB33 #3335AD

analogous

#AD6E33 #ADAB33 #72AD33

triadic

#ADAB33 #33ADAB #AB33AD

tetradic

#ADAB33 #33AD6E #3335AD #AD3372

square

#ADAB33 #33AD6E #3335AD #AD3372

split-complementary

#ADAB33 #3372AD #6E33AD

monochromatic

#4E4E17 #7E7C25 #ADAB33 #CCCA51 #DAD881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ADAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB33

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c373',
    500: '#adab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab33;
$custom-light: #c9c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB33

secondary

#797AC3

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB33

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

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