#ADB42F#ADB42F

#ADB42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.149 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB42F
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -18.47, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 65.17, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0572 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0690, 41.7328, 8.9493)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB42F #362FB4

analogous

#B4792F #ADB42F #6BB42F

triadic

#ADB42F #2FADB4 #B42FAD

tetradic

#ADB42F #2FB479 #362FB4 #B42F6B

square

#ADB42F #2FB479 #362FB4 #B42F6B

split-complementary

#ADB42F #2F6BB4 #792FB4

monochromatic

#505316 #7E8322 #ADB42F #CAD14F #D9DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ADB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#ADB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB42F

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB42F	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca72',
    500: '#adb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb42f;
$custom-light: #c9ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74096,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB42F

secondary

#7C78C7

accent

#46E24E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB42F

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

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