#ADAB40#ADAB40

#ADAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB40
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -12.93, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 55.07, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.04 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.128 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7230, 38.3812, 10.5341)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB40 #4042AD

analogous

#AD7540 #ADAB40 #79AD40

triadic

#ADAB40 #40ADAB #AB40AD

tetradic

#ADAB40 #40AD75 #4042AD #AD4079

square

#ADAB40 #40AD75 #4042AD #AD4079

split-complementary

#ADAB40 #4079AD #7540AD

monochromatic

#54531F #807F2F #ADAB40 #C6C464 #D6D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ADAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB40

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB40	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37a',
    500: '#adab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab40;
$custom-light: #c8c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB40

secondary

#8788C2

accent

#55D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB40

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

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