#ADAB56#ADAB56

#ADAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB56
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -11.21, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 45.00, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0327 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.108 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4770, 38.6828, 14.5053)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB56 #5658AD

analogous

#AD7F56 #ADAB56 #83AD56

triadic

#ADAB56 #56ADAB #AB56AD

tetradic

#ADAB56 #56AD7F #5658AD #AD5683

square

#ADAB56 #56AD7F #5658AD #AD5683

split-complementary

#ADAB56 #5683AD #7F56AD

monochromatic

#5C5B2D #858441 #ADAB56 #C1BF7F #D5D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ADAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB56

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB56	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c388',
    500: '#adab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab56;
$custom-light: #c7c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB56

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB56

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

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