#ADAB44#ADAB44

#ADAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB44
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -12.66, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 53.34, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0388 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8409, 38.4284, 11.1552)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB44 #4446AD

analogous

#AD7744 #ADAB44 #7BAD44

triadic

#ADAB44 #44ADAB #AB44AD

tetradic

#ADAB44 #44AD77 #4446AD #AD447B

square

#ADAB44 #44AD77 #4446AD #AD447B

split-complementary

#ADAB44 #447BAD #7744AD

monochromatic

#555421 #818033 #ADAB44 #C4C36A #D6D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB44

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB44	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37c',
    500: '#adab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab44;
$custom-light: #c8c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB44

secondary

#8B8CC1

accent

#57D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB44

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

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