#ADB252#ADB252

#ADB252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.120 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB252
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -15.18, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 50.08, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0444 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.12 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6777, 41.3349, 14.1327)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB252 #5752B2

analogous

#B28752 #ADB252 #7DB252

triadic

#ADB252 #52ADB2 #B252AD

tetradic

#ADB252 #52B287 #5752B2 #B2527D

square

#ADB252 #52B287 #5752B2 #B2527D

split-complementary

#ADB252 #527DB2 #8752B2

monochromatic

#5C5F2A #868A3D #ADB252 #C1C57C #D5D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#ADB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB252

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB252	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.120 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c886',
    500: '#adb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb252;
$custom-light: #c7c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB252

secondary

#9D9BC5

accent

#59CE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB252

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

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