#ADB227#ADB227

#ADB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.151 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB227
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -17.80, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 66.92, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0561 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.151 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5213, 40.8724, 8.0424)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB227 #2C27B2

analogous

#B27127 #ADB227 #68B227

triadic

#ADB227 #27ADB2 #B227AD

tetradic

#ADB227 #27B271 #2C27B2 #B22768

square

#ADB227 #27B271 #2C27B2 #B22768

split-complementary

#ADB227 #2768B2 #7127B2

monochromatic

#4B4E11 #7C801C #ADB227 #D0D541 #DCE073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB227

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB227	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)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.151 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c86e',
    500: '#adb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb227;
$custom-light: #c9c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB227

secondary

#716DC8

accent

#41E747

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB227

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

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