#ADB533#ADB533

#ADB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.148 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB533
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -18.78, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 64.20, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0577 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.148 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.3560, 42.1718, 9.4615)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB533 #3B33B5

analogous

#B57C33 #ADB533 #6CB533

triadic

#ADB533 #33ADB5 #B533AD

tetradic

#ADB533 #33B57C #3B33B5 #B5336C

square

#ADB533 #33B57C #3B33B5 #B5336C

split-complementary

#ADB533 #336CB5 #7C33B5

monochromatic

#525618 #7F8526 #ADB533 #C8CF56 #D7DD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#ADB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB533

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB533	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.148 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb74',
    500: '#adb533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb533;
$custom-light: #c9cb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB533

secondary

#827DC6

accent

#48DF52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB533

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

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