#ADB31C#ADB31C

#ADB31C 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	#ADB31C
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -18.66, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 70.17, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0592 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5645, 41.2091, 7.2845)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB31C #221CB3

analogous

#B36D1C #ADB31C #61B31C

triadic

#ADB31C #1CADB3 #B31CAD

tetradic

#ADB31C #1CB36D #221CB3 #B31C61

square

#ADB31C #1CB36D #221CB3 #B31C61

split-complementary

#ADB31C #1C61B3 #6D1CB3

monochromatic

#47490B #7A7E14 #ADB31C #D7DE2E #E1E763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADB31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB31C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB31C	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)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96a',
    500: '#adb31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb31c;
$custom-light: #cac96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.384,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB31C

secondary

#645FCB

accent

#38F03F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB31C

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

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