#ADB52C#ADB52C

#ADB52C 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	#ADB52C
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -19.11, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 66.54, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0593 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.152 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.2132, 42.1146, 8.7090)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB52C #342CB5

analogous

#B5792C #ADB52C #69B52C

triadic

#ADB52C #2CADB5 #B52CAD

tetradic

#ADB52C #2CB579 #342CB5 #B52C69

square

#ADB52C #2CB579 #342CB5 #B52C69

split-complementary

#ADB52C #2C69B5 #792CB5

monochromatic

#4F5314 #7E8420 #ADB52C #CBD34B #D9DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB52C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB52C	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)

#C3AC09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.152 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb70',
    500: '#adb52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb52c;
$custom-light: #c9cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB52C

secondary

#7A75C8

accent

#44E44D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB52C

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

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