#ADAB46#ADAB46

#ADAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB46
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -12.51, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 52.46, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0382 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9030, 38.4532, 11.4821)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB46 #4648AD

analogous

#AD7746 #ADAB46 #7BAD46

triadic

#ADAB46 #46ADAB #AB46AD

tetradic

#ADAB46 #46AD77 #4648AD #AD467B

square

#ADAB46 #46AD77 #4648AD #AD467B

split-complementary

#ADAB46 #467BAD #7746AD

monochromatic

#565523 #818034 #ADAB46 #C4C26C #D5D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB46

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB46	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)

#B8A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37e',
    500: '#adab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab46;
$custom-light: #c8c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB46

secondary

#8D8EC1

accent

#58D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB46

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

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