#ADB151#ADB151

#ADB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB151
RGB	rgb(173, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -14.75, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 50.08, 107.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0433 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.12 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4417, 40.9233, 13.8677)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB151 #5551B1

analogous

#B18551 #ADB151 #7DB151

triadic

#ADB151 #51ADB1 #B151AD

tetradic

#ADB151 #51B185 #5551B1 #B1517D

square

#ADB151 #51B185 #5551B1 #B1517D

split-complementary

#ADB151 #517DB1 #8551B1

monochromatic

#5B5E2A #85883D #ADB151 #C1C47B #D5D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB151

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB151	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c885',
    500: '#adb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb151;
$custom-light: #c7c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB151

secondary

#9B9AC4

accent

#5ACE5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB151

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

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