#ADB529#ADB529

#ADB529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.153 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB529
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 77.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -19.23, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 67.47, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0599 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.153 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.1588, 42.0929, 8.4227)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB529 #3129B5

analogous

#B57729 #ADB529 #67B529

triadic

#ADB529 #29ADB5 #B529AD

tetradic

#ADB529 #29B577 #3129B5 #B52967

square

#ADB529 #29B577 #3129B5 #B52967

split-complementary

#ADB529 #2967B5 #7729B5

monochromatic

#4E5112 #7D831E #ADB529 #CDD546 #DAE078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB529

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB529	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)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.153 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb6f',
    500: '#adb529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb529;
$custom-light: #c9cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB529

secondary

#7772C8

accent

#42E64B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB529

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

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