#ADB536#ADB536

#ADB536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.146 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB536
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -18.63, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 63.13, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.057 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.146 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.4243, 42.1991, 9.8211)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB536 #3E36B5

analogous

#B57D36 #ADB536 #6DB536

triadic

#ADB536 #36ADB5 #B536AD

tetradic

#ADB536 #36B57D #3E36B5 #B5366D

square

#ADB536 #36B57D #3E36B5 #B5366D

split-complementary

#ADB536 #366DB5 #7D36B5

monochromatic

#53571A #808628 #ADB536 #C7CE5A #D7DC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ADB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB536

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB536	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.146 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb75',
    500: '#adb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb536;
$custom-light: #c9cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB536

secondary

#8581C6

accent

#4ADD54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB536

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

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