#ADB535#ADB535

#ADB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.147 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB535
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -18.68, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 63.49, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0573 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.147 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.4011, 42.1898, 9.6987)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB535 #3D35B5

analogous

#B57D35 #ADB535 #6DB535

triadic

#ADB535 #35ADB5 #B535AD

tetradic

#ADB535 #35B57D #3D35B5 #B5356D

square

#ADB535 #35B57D #3D35B5 #B5356D

split-complementary

#ADB535 #356DB5 #7D35B5

monochromatic

#535619 #808627 #ADB535 #C7CE59 #D7DC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ADB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB535

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB535	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.147 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb75',
    500: '#adb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb535;
$custom-light: #c9cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB535

secondary

#8480C6

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB535

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

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