#ADB22B#ADB22B

#ADB22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.149 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB22B
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -17.64, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 65.70, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0553 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.149 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5912, 40.9003, 8.4101)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB22B #302BB2

analogous

#B2732B #ADB22B #69B22B

triadic

#ADB22B #2BADB2 #B22BAD

tetradic

#ADB22B #2BB273 #302BB2 #B22B69

square

#ADB22B #2BB273 #302BB2 #B22B69

split-complementary

#ADB22B #2B69B2 #732BB2

monochromatic

#4D4F13 #7D811F #ADB22B #CED348 #DBDF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADB22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB22B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB22B	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)

#C0AA08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.149 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c870',
    500: '#adb22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb22b;
$custom-light: #c9c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73625,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB22B

secondary

#7572C7

accent

#44E44A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB22B

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

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