#ADB22E#ADB22E

#ADB22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.148 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB22E
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -17.51, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 64.72, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0547 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.148 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6482, 40.9231, 8.7107)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB22E #332EB2

analogous

#B2752E #ADB22E #6BB22E

triadic

#ADB22E #2EADB2 #B22EAD

tetradic

#ADB22E #2EB275 #332EB2 #B22E6B

square

#ADB22E #2EB275 #332EB2 #B22E6B

split-complementary

#ADB22E #2E6BB2 #752EB2

monochromatic

#4E5115 #7E8121 #ADB22E #CCD14C #DADD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ADB22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB22E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB22E	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)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.148 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c871',
    500: '#adb22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb22e;
$custom-light: #c9c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73643,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB22E

secondary

#7976C6

accent

#46E24C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB22E

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

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