#ADB437#ADB437

#ADB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.144 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB437
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.07, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 62.35, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0554 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2455, 41.8034, 9.8786)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB437 #3E37B4

analogous

#B47C37 #ADB437 #6EB437

triadic

#ADB437 #37ADB4 #B437AD

tetradic

#ADB437 #37B47C #3E37B4 #B4376E

square

#ADB437 #37B47C #3E37B4 #B4376E

split-complementary

#ADB437 #376EB4 #7C37B4

monochromatic

#53561A #808529 #ADB437 #C7CD5B #D7DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ADB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#ADB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB437

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB437	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)

#C1AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca76',
    500: '#adb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb437;
$custom-light: #c9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74151,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB437

secondary

#8581C6

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB437

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

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