#ADB040#ADB040

#ADB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB040
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -15.50, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 57.14, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0473 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.133 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6853, 40.3059, 10.8549)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB040 #4340B0

analogous

#B07B40 #ADB040 #75B040

triadic

#ADB040 #40ADB0 #B040AD

tetradic

#ADB040 #40B07B #4340B0 #B04075

square

#ADB040 #40B07B #4340B0 #B04075

split-complementary

#ADB040 #4075B0 #7B40B0

monochromatic

#55561F #818330 #ADB040 #C5C766 #D6D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ADB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB040

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB040	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c77a',
    500: '#adb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb040;
$custom-light: #c8c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73334,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB040

secondary

#8A89C3

accent

#51D655

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB040

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

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