#ADAB41#ADAB41

#ADAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB41
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -12.86, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 54.64, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0397 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7517, 38.3927, 10.6853)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB41 #4143AD

analogous

#AD7541 #ADAB41 #79AD41

triadic

#ADAB41 #41ADAB #AB41AD

tetradic

#ADAB41 #41AD75 #4143AD #AD4179

square

#ADAB41 #41AD75 #4143AD #AD4179

split-complementary

#ADAB41 #4179AD #7541AD

monochromatic

#545320 #817F30 #ADAB41 #C5C466 #D6D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ADAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB41

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB41	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)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37b',
    500: '#adab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab41;
$custom-light: #c8c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72237,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB41

secondary

#8889C2

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →