#ADB22C#ADB22C

#ADB22C 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	#ADB22C
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -17.60, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 65.38, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0551 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.149 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6097, 40.9077, 8.5079)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB22C #312CB2

analogous

#B2742C #ADB22C #6AB22C

triadic

#ADB22C #2CADB2 #B22CAD

tetradic

#ADB22C #2CB274 #312CB2 #B22C6A

square

#ADB22C #2CB274 #312CB2 #B22C6A

split-complementary

#ADB22C #2C6AB2 #742CB2

monochromatic

#4E5014 #7D8120 #ADB22C #CDD249 #DADE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB22C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB22C	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)

#C0AA0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.149 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c870',
    500: '#adb22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb22c;
$custom-light: #c9c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7363,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB22C

secondary

#7773C6

accent

#44E44A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB22C

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

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