#ADB230#ADB230

#ADB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.147 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB230
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -17.42, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 64.05, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0542 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.147 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6886, 40.9393, 8.9232)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB230 #3530B2

analogous

#B27630 #ADB230 #6CB230

triadic

#ADB230 #30ADB2 #B230AD

tetradic

#ADB230 #30B276 #3530B2 #B2306C

square

#ADB230 #30B276 #3530B2 #B2306C

split-complementary

#ADB230 #306CB2 #7630B2

monochromatic

#4F5216 #7E8223 #ADB230 #CBD050 #D9DD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ADB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB230

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB230	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.147 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c872',
    500: '#adb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb230;
$custom-light: #c9c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB230

secondary

#7B78C6

accent

#47E14D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB230

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

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