#ADB235#ADB235

#ADB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB235
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -17.17, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 62.27, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.053 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.143 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7976, 40.9829, 9.4976)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB235 #3A35B2

analogous

#B27835 #ADB235 #6EB235

triadic

#ADB235 #35ADB2 #B235AD

tetradic

#ADB235 #35B278 #3A35B2 #B2356E

square

#ADB235 #35B278 #3A35B2 #B2356E

split-complementary

#ADB235 #356EB2 #7835B2

monochromatic

#515419 #7F8327 #ADB235 #C8CD57 #D8DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB235

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB235	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c874',
    500: '#adb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb235;
$custom-light: #c9c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB235

secondary

#817EC5

accent

#4ADD50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB235

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

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