#ADB048#ADB048

#ADB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB048
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -14.95, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 53.71, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0448 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.127 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9295, 40.4036, 12.1410)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB048 #4B48B0

analogous

#B07F48 #ADB048 #79B048

triadic

#ADB048 #48ADB0 #B048AD

tetradic

#ADB048 #48B07F #4B48B0 #B04879

square

#ADB048 #48B07F #4B48B0 #B04879

split-complementary

#ADB048 #4879B0 #7F48B0

monochromatic

#585924 #828536 #ADB048 #C2C570 #D5D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ADB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB048

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB048	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c77f',
    500: '#adb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb048;
$custom-light: #c8c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.731,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB048

secondary

#9291C3

accent

#56D25A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB048

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

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