#ADB248#ADB248

#ADB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB248
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -15.97, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 54.59, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0477 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.129 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3246, 41.1937, 12.2727)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB248 #4D48B2

analogous

#B28248 #ADB248 #78B248

triadic

#ADB248 #48ADB2 #B248AD

tetradic

#ADB248 #48B282 #4D48B2 #B24878

square

#ADB248 #48B282 #4D48B2 #B24878

split-complementary

#ADB248 #4878B2 #8248B2

monochromatic

#585B25 #838636 #ADB248 #C2C671 #D5D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB248

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB248	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c87f',
    500: '#adb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb248;
$custom-light: #c8c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.83,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB248

secondary

#9492C4

accent

#56D25B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB248

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

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