#ADB438#ADB438

#ADB438 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	#ADB438
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -18.01, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 61.98, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0551 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2697, 41.8130, 10.0061)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB438 #3F38B4

analogous

#B47D38 #ADB438 #6FB438

triadic

#ADB438 #38ADB4 #B438AD

tetradic

#ADB438 #38B47D #3F38B4 #B4386F

square

#ADB438 #38B47D #3F38B4 #B4386F

split-complementary

#ADB438 #386FB4 #7D38B4

monochromatic

#53571B #808529 #ADB438 #C6CD5D #D7DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ADB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#ADB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB438

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB438	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)

#C1AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca76',
    500: '#adb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb438;
$custom-light: #c9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74158,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB438

secondary

#8682C5

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB438

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

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