#ADAB4E#ADAB4E

#ADAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB4E
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -11.90, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 48.81, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0355 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.116 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1725, 38.5610, 12.9018)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB4E #4E50AD

analogous

#AD7C4E #ADAB4E #80AD4E

triadic

#ADAB4E #4EADAB #AB4EAD

tetradic

#ADAB4E #4EAD7C #4E50AD #AD4E80

square

#ADAB4E #4EAD7C #4E50AD #AD4E80

split-complementary

#ADAB4E #4E80AD #7C4EAD

monochromatic

#595828 #83813B #ADAB4E #C2C077 #D5D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ADAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB4E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB4E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#adab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab4e;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB4E

secondary

#9596C2

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB4E

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

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