#ADB042#ADB042

#ADB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB042
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -15.37, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 56.31, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0467 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.132 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7433, 40.3291, 11.1600)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB042 #4542B0

analogous

#B07C42 #ADB042 #76B042

triadic

#ADB042 #42ADB0 #B042AD

tetradic

#ADB042 #42B07C #4542B0 #B04276

square

#ADB042 #42B07C #4542B0 #B04276

split-complementary

#ADB042 #4276B0 #7C42B0

monochromatic

#555721 #818331 #ADB042 #C4C769 #D5D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ADB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB042

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB042	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c77c',
    500: '#adb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb042;
$custom-light: #c8c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.636,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB042

secondary

#8C8BC3

accent

#53D556

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB042

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

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