#ADB429#ADB429

#ADB429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.152 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB429
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -18.73, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 67.08, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0585 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9562, 41.6877, 8.3552)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB429 #3029B4

analogous

#B47629 #ADB429 #67B429

triadic

#ADB429 #29ADB4 #B429AD

tetradic

#ADB429 #29B476 #3029B4 #B42967

square

#ADB429 #29B476 #3029B4 #B42967

split-complementary

#ADB429 #2967B4 #7629B4

monochromatic

#4D5012 #7D821E #ADB429 #CED545 #DBE077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ADB429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ADB429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB429

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB429	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca6f',
    500: '#adb429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb429;
$custom-light: #c9ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74061,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB429

secondary

#7571C8

accent

#42E64A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB429

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

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