#ADB277#ADB277

#ADB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.079 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB277
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(65, 28%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 33%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 33.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -11.24, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 31.69, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0301 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.079 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4839, 42.0574, 23.6451)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB277 #7C77B2

analogous

#B29977 #ADB277 #8FB277

triadic

#ADB277 #77ADB2 #B277AD

tetradic

#ADB277 #77B299 #7C77B2 #B2778F

square

#ADB277 #77B299 #7C77B2 #B2778F

split-complementary

#ADB277 #778FB2 #9977B2

monochromatic

#6B6F3F #919755 #ADB277 #C5C89E #DCDEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#ADB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB277

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB277	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.079 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c99f',
    500: '#adb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb277;
$custom-light: #c6c99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 27.7,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB277

secondary

#B9B7CE

accent

#64C46C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB277

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

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