#ADB42E#ADB42E

#ADB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.150 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB42E
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -18.52, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 65.51, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0575 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.15 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0491, 41.7248, 8.8443)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB42E #352EB4

analogous

#B4782E #ADB42E #6AB42E

triadic

#ADB42E #2EADB4 #B42EAD

tetradic

#ADB42E #2EB478 #352EB4 #B42E6A

square

#ADB42E #2EB478 #352EB4 #B42E6A

split-complementary

#ADB42E #2E6AB4 #782EB4

monochromatic

#4F5315 #7E8322 #ADB42E #CBD24E #D9DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ADB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ADB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB42E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB42E	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)

#C2AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.150 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca71',
    500: '#adb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb42e;
$custom-light: #c9ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.134,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB42E

secondary

#7B77C7

accent

#45E24E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB42E

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

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