#ADB33B#ADB33B

#ADB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.140 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB33B
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -17.34, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 60.41, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0529 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.14 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1441, 41.4410, 10.3371)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB33B #413BB3

analogous

#B37D3B #ADB33B #71B33B

triadic

#ADB33B #3BADB3 #B33BAD

tetradic

#ADB33B #3BB37D #413BB3 #B33B71

square

#ADB33B #3BB37D #413BB3 #B33B71

split-complementary

#ADB33B #3B71B3 #7D3BB3

monochromatic

#54571D #81852C #ADB33B #C5CB60 #D6DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ADB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#ADB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB33B

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB33B	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.140 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c978',
    500: '#adb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb33b;
$custom-light: #c8c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB33B

secondary

#8885C5

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB33B

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

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