#ADB021#ADB021

#ADB021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.152 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB021
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 81.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -17.00, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 67.86, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0543 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.152 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0347, 40.0456, 7.4280)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB021 #2421B0

analogous

#B06B21 #ADB021 #65B021

triadic

#ADB021 #21ADB0 #B021AD

tetradic

#ADB021 #21B06B #2421B0 #B02165

square

#ADB021 #21B06B #2421B0 #B02165

split-complementary

#ADB021 #2165B0 #6B21B0

monochromatic

#48490E #7A7C17 #ADB021 #D6D935 #E0E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADB021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#ADB021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB021

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB021	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.152 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c76b',
    500: '#adb021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb021;
$custom-light: #c9c76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.259,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.15209,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB021

secondary

#6664C8

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB021

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

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