#ADB338#ADB338

#ADB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.142 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB338
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -17.51, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 61.56, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0537 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.143 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0685, 41.4108, 9.9390)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB338 #3E38B3

analogous

#B37B38 #ADB338 #6FB338

triadic

#ADB338 #38ADB3 #B338AD

tetradic

#ADB338 #38B37B #3E38B3 #B3386F

square

#ADB338 #38B37B #3E38B3 #B3386F

split-complementary

#ADB338 #386FB3 #7B38B3

monochromatic

#53561B #808429 #ADB338 #C7CC5C #D7DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ADB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#ADB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB338

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB338	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.142 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c976',
    500: '#adb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb338;
$custom-light: #c9c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB338

secondary

#8582C5

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB338

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

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