#ADB226#ADB226

#ADB226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.152 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB226
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 38)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -17.84, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 67.21, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0562 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.152 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5050, 40.8658, 7.9563)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB226 #2B26B2

analogous

#B27126 #ADB226 #67B226

triadic

#ADB226 #26ADB2 #B226AD

tetradic

#ADB226 #26B271 #2B26B2 #B22667

square

#ADB226 #26B271 #2B26B2 #B22667

split-complementary

#ADB226 #2667B2 #7126B2

monochromatic

#4B4D10 #7C801B #ADB226 #D1D63F #DDE172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADB226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB226

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB226	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)

#C1AD33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.152 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c86d',
    500: '#adb226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb226;
$custom-light: #c9c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB226

secondary

#6F6CC8

accent

#40E846

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB226

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

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