#ADAB48#ADAB48

#ADAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB48
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -12.37, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 51.57, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0375 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.121 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.9672, 38.4789, 11.8202)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB48 #484AAD

analogous

#AD7848 #ADAB48 #7CAD48

triadic

#ADAB48 #48ADAB #AB48AD

tetradic

#ADAB48 #48AD78 #484AAD #AD487C

square

#ADAB48 #48AD78 #484AAD #AD487C

split-complementary

#ADAB48 #487CAD #7848AD

monochromatic

#575624 #828036 #ADAB48 #C3C16F #D5D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ADAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB48

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB48	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37f',
    500: '#adab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab48;
$custom-light: #c8c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB48

secondary

#8F90C1

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB48

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

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