#ADB249#ADB249

#ADB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB249
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -15.90, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 54.15, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0474 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.128 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3574, 41.2068, 12.4459)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB249 #4E49B2

analogous

#B28349 #ADB249 #79B249

triadic

#ADB249 #49ADB2 #B249AD

tetradic

#ADB249 #49B283 #4E49B2 #B24979

square

#ADB249 #49B283 #4E49B2 #B24979

split-complementary

#ADB249 #4979B2 #8349B2

monochromatic

#595B25 #838737 #ADB249 #C2C573 #D5D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB249

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB249	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)

#BFAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c880',
    500: '#adb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb249;
$custom-light: #c8c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73865,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB249

secondary

#9593C4

accent

#56D25C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB249

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

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