#ADB449#ADB449

#ADB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB449
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -16.91, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 55.04, 107.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0503 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.131 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7583, 42.0085, 12.5795)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB449 #5049B4

analogous

#B48549 #ADB449 #78B449

triadic

#ADB449 #49ADB4 #B449AD

tetradic

#ADB449 #49B485 #5049B4 #B44978

square

#ADB449 #49B485 #5049B4 #B44978

split-complementary

#ADB449 #4978B4 #8549B4

monochromatic

#595D26 #838837 #ADB449 #C1C774 #D4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#ADB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB449

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB449	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca80',
    500: '#adb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb449;
$custom-light: #c8ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.925,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74309,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB449

secondary

#9794C5

accent

#56D25E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB449

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

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