#ADAB3A#ADAB3A

#ADAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB3A
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -13.30, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 57.55, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0417 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5613, 38.3165, 9.6828)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB3A #3A3CAD

analogous

#AD723A #ADAB3A #75AD3A

triadic

#ADAB3A #3AADAB #AB3AAD

tetradic

#ADAB3A #3AAD72 #3A3CAD #AD3A75

square

#ADAB3A #3AAD72 #3A3CAD #AD3A75

split-complementary

#ADAB3A #3A75AD #723AAD

monochromatic

#51501B #7F7E2B #ADAB3A #C8C65C #D8D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB3A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB3A	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c376',
    500: '#adab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab3a;
$custom-light: #c8c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB3A

secondary

#8182C2

accent

#51D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB3A

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

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