#ADB236#ADB236

#ADB236 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	#ADB236
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -17.11, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 61.90, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0528 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.143 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8209, 40.9922, 9.6200)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB236 #3B36B2

analogous

#B27936 #ADB236 #6FB236

triadic

#ADB236 #36ADB2 #B236AD

tetradic

#ADB236 #36B279 #3B36B2 #B2366F

square

#ADB236 #36B279 #3B36B2 #B2366F

split-complementary

#ADB236 #366FB2 #7936B2

monochromatic

#52541A #7F8328 #ADB236 #C8CD59 #D7DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB236

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB236	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c875',
    500: '#adb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb236;
$custom-light: #c9c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB236

secondary

#827FC5

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB236

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

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