#ADAB38#ADAB38

#ADAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB38
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -13.42, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 58.35, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0422 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.134 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5114, 38.2966, 9.4200)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB38 #383AAD

analogous

#AD7038 #ADAB38 #75AD38

triadic

#ADAB38 #38ADAB #AB38AD

tetradic

#ADAB38 #38AD70 #383AAD #AD3875

square

#ADAB38 #38AD70 #383AAD #AD3875

split-complementary

#ADAB38 #3875AD #7038AD

monochromatic

#51501A #7F7D29 #ADAB38 #C9C759 #D8D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB38

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#adab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab38;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72158,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB38

secondary

#7F80C2

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB38

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

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