#ADAB37#ADAB37

#ADAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB37
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -13.48, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 58.74, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0425 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4872, 38.2869, 9.2925)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB37 #3739AD

analogous

#AD7037 #ADAB37 #74AD37

triadic

#ADAB37 #37ADAB #AB37AD

tetradic

#ADAB37 #37AD70 #3739AD #AD3774

square

#ADAB37 #37AD70 #3739AD #AD3774

split-complementary

#ADAB37 #3774AD #7037AD

monochromatic

#504F19 #7F7D28 #ADAB37 #CAC857 #D8D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB37

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB37	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#adab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab37;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7215,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB37

secondary

#7D7FC2

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB37

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

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