#ADB23D#ADB23D

#ADB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.138 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB23D
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -16.71, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 59.20, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.051 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.138 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9973, 41.0627, 10.5490)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB23D #423DB2

analogous

#B27D3D #ADB23D #73B23D

triadic

#ADB23D #3DADB2 #B23DAD

tetradic

#ADB23D #3DB27D #423DB2 #B23D73

square

#ADB23D #3DB27D #423DB2 #B23D73

split-complementary

#ADB23D #3D73B2 #7D3DB2

monochromatic

#54571E #81842D #ADB23D #C5C963 #D6D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#ADB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB23D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB23D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.138 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c879',
    500: '#adb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb23d;
$custom-light: #c8c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73752,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB23D

secondary

#8987C4

accent

#4FD955

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB23D

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

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