#ADAB55#ADAB55

#ADAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB55
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -11.30, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 45.48, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0331 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.109 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4370, 38.6668, 14.2946)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB55 #5557AD

analogous

#AD7F55 #ADAB55 #83AD55

triadic

#ADAB55 #55ADAB #AB55AD

tetradic

#ADAB55 #55AD7F #5557AD #AD5583

square

#ADAB55 #55AD7F #5557AD #AD5583

split-complementary

#ADAB55 #5583AD #7F55AD

monochromatic

#5B5A2C #858340 #ADAB55 #C1BF7E #D5D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ADAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB55

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB55	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c387',
    500: '#adab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab55;
$custom-light: #c7c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB55

secondary

#9B9CC2

accent

#5FCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB55

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

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