#ADB02A#ADB02A

#ADB02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.148 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB02A
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -16.67, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 65.25, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0527 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1780, 40.1030, 8.1830)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB02A #2D2AB0

analogous

#B0702A #ADB02A #6AB02A

triadic

#ADB02A #2AADB0 #B02AAD

tetradic

#ADB02A #2AB070 #2D2AB0 #B02A6A

square

#ADB02A #2AB070 #2D2AB0 #B02A6A

split-complementary

#ADB02A #2A6AB0 #702AB0

monochromatic

#4C4D12 #7C7F1E #ADB02A #CFD345 #DCDE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADB02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ADB02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB02A

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB02A	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c76f',
    500: '#adb02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb02a;
$custom-light: #c9c76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73172,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB02A

secondary

#7270C6

accent

#43E547

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB02A

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

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