#ADB241#ADB241

#ADB241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB241
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -16.46, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 57.58, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0498 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.135 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1091, 41.1075, 11.1377)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB241 #4641B2

analogous

#B27F41 #ADB241 #74B241

triadic

#ADB241 #41ADB2 #B241AD

tetradic

#ADB241 #41B27F #4641B2 #B24174

square

#ADB241 #41B27F #4641B2 #B24174

split-complementary

#ADB241 #4174B2 #7F41B2

monochromatic

#565820 #818531 #ADB241 #C4C868 #D5D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ADB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB241

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB241	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c87b',
    500: '#adb241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb241;
$custom-light: #c8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB241

secondary

#8D8BC4

accent

#52D658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB241

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

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