#ADAB36#ADAB36

#ADAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB36
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -13.53, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 59.13, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0428 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4635, 38.2774, 9.1675)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB36 #3638AD

analogous

#AD7036 #ADAB36 #73AD36

triadic

#ADAB36 #36ADAB #AB36AD

tetradic

#ADAB36 #36AD70 #3638AD #AD3673

square

#ADAB36 #36AD70 #3638AD #AD3673

split-complementary

#ADAB36 #3673AD #7036AD

monochromatic

#504F19 #7E7D27 #ADAB36 #CAC856 #D9D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB36

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB36	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#adab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab36;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB36

secondary

#7C7DC2

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB36

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

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