#ADAB47#ADAB47

#ADAB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB47
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 59%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -12.44, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 52.02, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0378 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.122 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.9348, 38.4659, 11.6498)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB47 #4749AD

analogous

#AD7847 #ADAB47 #7CAD47

triadic

#ADAB47 #47ADAB #AB47AD

tetradic

#ADAB47 #47AD78 #4749AD #AD477C

square

#ADAB47 #47AD78 #4749AD #AD477C

split-complementary

#ADAB47 #477CAD #7847AD

monochromatic

#565523 #828035 #ADAB47 #C3C26E #D5D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADAB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB47

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB47	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)

#B8A53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37e',
    500: '#adab47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab47;
$custom-light: #c8c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB47

secondary

#8E8FC1

accent

#59D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB47

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

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