#ADB442#ADB442

#ADB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB442
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -17.41, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 58.02, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0524 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.136 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5391, 41.9208, 11.4253)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB442 #4942B4

analogous

#B48242 #ADB442 #74B442

triadic

#ADB442 #42ADB4 #B442AD

tetradic

#ADB442 #42B482 #4942B4 #B44274

square

#ADB442 #42B482 #4942B4 #B44274

split-complementary

#ADB442 #4274B4 #8242B4

monochromatic

#575A21 #828732 #ADB442 #C3C96B #D5D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ADB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#ADB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB442

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB442	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca7c',
    500: '#adb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb442;
$custom-light: #c8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB442

secondary

#908DC5

accent

#52D65A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB442

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

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