#ADB52B#ADB52B

#ADB52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.152 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB52B
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -19.15, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 66.86, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0595 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.152 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.1946, 42.1072, 8.6112)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB52B #332BB5

analogous

#B5782B #ADB52B #68B52B

triadic

#ADB52B #2BADB5 #B52BAD

tetradic

#ADB52B #2BB578 #332BB5 #B52B68

square

#ADB52B #2BB578 #332BB5 #B52B68

split-complementary

#ADB52B #2B68B5 #782BB5

monochromatic

#4E5214 #7E841F #ADB52B #CCD449 #DAE07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB52B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB52B	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)

#C3AC05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.152 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb70',
    500: '#adb52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb52b;
$custom-light: #c9cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74296,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB52B

secondary

#7974C8

accent

#43E54C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB52B

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

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