#ADB238#ADB238

#ADB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.141 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB238
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -17.00, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 61.15, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0523 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.141 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8688, 41.0114, 9.8725)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB238 #3D38B2

analogous

#B27A38 #ADB238 #70B238

triadic

#ADB238 #38ADB2 #B238AD

tetradic

#ADB238 #38B27A #3D38B2 #B23870

square

#ADB238 #38B27A #3D38B2 #B23870

split-complementary

#ADB238 #3870B2 #7A38B2

monochromatic

#53551B #808329 #ADB238 #C7CC5C #D7DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ADB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB238

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB238	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.141 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c876',
    500: '#adb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb238;
$custom-light: #c9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.459,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73712,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB238

secondary

#8481C5

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB238

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

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