#ADB138#ADB138

#ADB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB138
RGB	rgb(173, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -16.50, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 60.75, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0509 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.14 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6706, 40.6149, 9.8064)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB138 #3C38B1

analogous

#B17838 #ADB138 #71B138

triadic

#ADB138 #38ADB1 #B138AD

tetradic

#ADB138 #38B178 #3C38B1 #B13871

square

#ADB138 #38B178 #3C38B1 #B13871

split-complementary

#ADB138 #3871B1 #7838B1

monochromatic

#52541B #808329 #ADB138 #C7CB5B #D7DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ADB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB138

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB138	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c876',
    500: '#adb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb138;
$custom-light: #c9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73489,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB138

secondary

#8381C4

accent

#4CDB51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB138

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

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