#ADB52D#ADB52D

#ADB52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.151 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB52D
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -19.06, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 66.22, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0591 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.151 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.2322, 42.1222, 8.8092)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB52D #352DB5

analogous

#B5792D #ADB52D #69B52D

triadic

#ADB52D #2DADB5 #B52DAD

tetradic

#ADB52D #2DB579 #352DB5 #B52D69

square

#ADB52D #2DB579 #352DB5 #B52D69

split-complementary

#ADB52D #2D69B5 #792DB5

monochromatic

#4F5315 #7E8421 #ADB52D #CBD34D #D9DF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ADB52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB52D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB52D	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)

#C3AC0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.151 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb71',
    500: '#adb52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb52d;
$custom-light: #c9cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB52D

secondary

#7B76C7

accent

#44E34E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB52D

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

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