#ADB22A#ADB22A

#ADB22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.150 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB22A
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -17.68, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 66.01, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0555 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.15 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5730, 40.8931, 8.3147)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB22A #2F2AB2

analogous

#B2732A #ADB22A #69B22A

triadic

#ADB22A #2AADB2 #B22AAD

tetradic

#ADB22A #2AB273 #2F2AB2 #B22A69

square

#ADB22A #2AB273 #2F2AB2 #B22A69

split-complementary

#ADB22A #2A69B2 #732AB2

monochromatic

#4D4F13 #7D801E #ADB22A #CED346 #DBDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADB22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB22A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB22A	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)

#C0AA04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.150 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c86f',
    500: '#adb22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb22a;
$custom-light: #c9c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB22A

secondary

#7471C7

accent

#43E549

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB22A

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

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