#ADAB35#ADAB35

#ADAB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB35
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -13.58, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 59.51, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.043 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4403, 38.2681, 9.0451)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB35 #3537AD

analogous

#AD6F35 #ADAB35 #73AD35

triadic

#ADAB35 #35ADAB #AB35AD

tetradic

#ADAB35 #35AD6F #3537AD #AD3573

square

#ADAB35 #35AD6F #3537AD #AD3573

split-complementary

#ADAB35 #3573AD #6F35AD

monochromatic

#4F4E18 #7E7D27 #ADAB35 #CBC954 #D9D883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ADAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB35

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB35	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)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#adab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab35;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB35

secondary

#7B7CC3

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB35

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

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