#ADAB3C#ADAB3C

#ADAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB3C
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -13.18, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 56.74, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0411 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6132, 38.3373, 9.9560)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB3C #3C3EAD

analogous

#AD723C #ADAB3C #76AD3C

triadic

#ADAB3C #3CADAB #AB3CAD

tetradic

#ADAB3C #3CAD72 #3C3EAD #AD3C76

square

#ADAB3C #3CAD72 #3C3EAD #AD3C76

split-complementary

#ADAB3C #3C76AD #723CAD

monochromatic

#52511C #807E2C #ADAB3C #C7C65F #D7D68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#ADAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB3C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB3C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c378',
    500: '#adab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab3c;
$custom-light: #c8c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB3C

secondary

#8384C2

accent

#52D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB3C

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

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