#ADB31B#ADB31B

#ADB31B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB31B
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -18.69, 67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 70.39, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0594 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5527, 41.2044, 7.2225)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB31B #211BB3

analogous

#B36D1B #ADB31B #61B31B

triadic

#ADB31B #1BADB3 #B31BAD

tetradic

#ADB31B #1BB36D #211BB3 #B31B61

square

#ADB31B #1BB36D #211BB3 #B31B61

split-complementary

#ADB31B #1B61B3 #6D1BB3

monochromatic

#46490B #7A7E13 #ADB31B #D8DF2C #E2E761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB31B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADB31B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB31B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB31B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB31B	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb31b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac969',
    500: '#adb31b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb31b;
$custom-light: #cac969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb31b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB31B

secondary

#625ECC

accent

#37F03F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB31B

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

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