#ADB321#ADB321

#ADB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.155 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB321
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -18.51, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 68.95, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0585 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.155 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6294, 41.2351, 7.6262)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB321 #2721B3

analogous

#B37021 #ADB321 #64B321

triadic

#ADB321 #21ADB3 #B321AD

tetradic

#ADB321 #21B370 #2721B3 #B32164

square

#ADB321 #21B370 #2721B3 #B32164

split-complementary

#ADB321 #2164B3 #7021B3

monochromatic

#494C0E #7B7F17 #ADB321 #D3DA37 #DFE46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#ADB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB321

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB321	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.155 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c96b',
    500: '#adb321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb321;
$custom-light: #c9c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.15508,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB321

secondary

#6A66CA

accent

#3CEC43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB321

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

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