#ADB356#ADB356

#ADB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB356
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -15.34, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 48.67, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0445 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.117 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0341, 41.7970, 15.0244)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB356 #5C56B3

analogous

#B38B56 #ADB356 #7FB356

triadic

#ADB356 #56ADB3 #B356AD

tetradic

#ADB356 #56B38B #5C56B3 #B3567F

square

#ADB356 #56B38B #5C56B3 #B3567F

split-complementary

#ADB356 #567FB3 #8B56B3

monochromatic

#5F622C #888D3F #ADB356 #C1C680 #D6D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ADB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#ADB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB356

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB356	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c988',
    500: '#adb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb356;
$custom-light: #c7c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB356

secondary

#A19EC7

accent

#5ACE61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB356

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

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