#ADB240#ADB240

#ADB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.136 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB240
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -16.52, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 57.99, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0501 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.136 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0804, 41.0960, 10.9865)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB240 #4540B2

analogous

#B27E40 #ADB240 #74B240

triadic

#ADB240 #40ADB2 #B240AD

tetradic

#ADB240 #40B27E #4540B2 #B24074

square

#ADB240 #40B27E #4540B2 #B24074

split-complementary

#ADB240 #4074B2 #7E40B2

monochromatic

#555820 #818530 #ADB240 #C4C867 #D5D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ADB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB240

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB240	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.136 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c87b',
    500: '#adb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb240;
$custom-light: #c8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB240

secondary

#8C8AC4

accent

#51D757

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB240

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

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