#ADB223#ADB223

#ADB223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.153 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB223
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -17.94, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 68.05, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0568 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.153 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4585, 40.8473, 7.7116)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB223 #2823B2

analogous

#B27023 #ADB223 #66B223

triadic

#ADB223 #23ADB2 #B223AD

tetradic

#ADB223 #23B270 #2823B2 #B22366

square

#ADB223 #23B270 #2823B2 #B22366

split-complementary

#ADB223 #2366B2 #7023B2

monochromatic

#4A4C0F #7B7F19 #ADB223 #D3D83A #DEE26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADB223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB223

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB223	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.153 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c86c',
    500: '#adb223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb223;
$custom-light: #c9c86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.098,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73583,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB223

secondary

#6C68C9

accent

#3EEA44

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB223

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

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