#ADB451#ADB451

#ADB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB451
RGB	rgb(173, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -16.28, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 51.46, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0476 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.123 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0408, 42.1215, 14.0673)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB451 #5851B4

analogous

#B48951 #ADB451 #7BB451

triadic

#ADB451 #51ADB4 #B451AD

tetradic

#ADB451 #51B489 #5851B4 #B4517B

square

#ADB451 #51B489 #5851B4 #B4517B

split-complementary

#ADB451 #517BB4 #8951B4

monochromatic

#5D612A #868C3C #ADB451 #C1C67C #D5D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB451

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB451	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca85',
    500: '#adb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb451;
$custom-light: #c8ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.242,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB451

secondary

#9E9BC6

accent

#58D061

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB451

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

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