#ADB52A#ADB52A

#ADB52A 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	#ADB52A
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -19.19, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 67.17, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0597 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.153 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.1765, 42.0999, 8.5158)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB52A #322AB5

analogous

#B5772A #ADB52A #67B52A

triadic

#ADB52A #2AADB5 #B52AAD

tetradic

#ADB52A #2AB577 #322AB5 #B52A67

square

#ADB52A #2AB577 #322AB5 #B52A67

split-complementary

#ADB52A #2A67B5 #772AB5

monochromatic

#4E5213 #7E831E #ADB52A #CCD448 #DAE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB52A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB52A	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)

#C3AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.153 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb6f',
    500: '#adb52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb52a;
$custom-light: #c9cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74291,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB52A

secondary

#7873C8

accent

#42E54C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB52A

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

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