#ADB237#ADB237

#ADB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB237
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -17.06, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 61.53, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0526 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.142 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8446, 41.0017, 9.7450)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB237 #3C37B2

analogous

#B27937 #ADB237 #6FB237

triadic

#ADB237 #37ADB2 #B237AD

tetradic

#ADB237 #37B279 #3C37B2 #B2376F

square

#ADB237 #37B279 #3C37B2 #B2376F

split-complementary

#ADB237 #376FB2 #7937B2

monochromatic

#52541A #808329 #ADB237 #C7CC5A #D7DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB237

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB237	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)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c875',
    500: '#adb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb237;
$custom-light: #c9c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB237

secondary

#8380C5

accent

#4CDC51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB237

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

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