#ADB31D#ADB31D

#ADB31D 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	#ADB31D
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -18.64, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 69.94, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0591 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5767, 41.2140, 7.3485)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB31D #231DB3

analogous

#B36E1D #ADB31D #62B31D

triadic

#ADB31D #1DADB3 #B31DAD

tetradic

#ADB31D #1DB36E #231DB3 #B31D62

square

#ADB31D #1DB36E #231DB3 #B31D62

split-complementary

#ADB31D #1D62B3 #6E1DB3

monochromatic

#474A0C #7A7E14 #ADB31D #D6DD30 #E1E664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ADB31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB31D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB31D	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)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac96a',
    500: '#adb31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb31d;
$custom-light: #cac96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB31D

secondary

#6561CB

accent

#39EF40

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB31D

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

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