#ADB23A#ADB23A

#ADB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.140 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB23A
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -16.89, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 60.39, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0518 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.14 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9187, 41.0313, 10.1352)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB23A #3F3AB2

analogous

#B27B3A #ADB23A #71B23A

triadic

#ADB23A #3AADB2 #B23AAD

tetradic

#ADB23A #3AB27B #3F3AB2 #B23A71

square

#ADB23A #3AB27B #3F3AB2 #B23A71

split-complementary

#ADB23A #3A71B2 #7B3AB2

monochromatic

#53561C #80842B #ADB23A #C6CB5F #D7DA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#ADB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB23A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB23A	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.140 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c877',
    500: '#adb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb23a;
$custom-light: #c8c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB23A

secondary

#8683C4

accent

#4DDA53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB23A

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

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