#ADB242#ADB242

#ADB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB242
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -16.39, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 57.16, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0495 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.134 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1383, 41.1192, 11.2917)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB242 #4742B2

analogous

#B27F42 #ADB242 #75B242

triadic

#ADB242 #42ADB2 #B242AD

tetradic

#ADB242 #42B27F #4742B2 #B24275

square

#ADB242 #42B27F #4742B2 #B24275

split-complementary

#ADB242 #4275B2 #7F42B2

monochromatic

#565921 #828531 #ADB242 #C3C86A #D5D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ADB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB242

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB242	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c87c',
    500: '#adb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb242;
$custom-light: #c8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB242

secondary

#8E8CC4

accent

#52D658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB242

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

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