#ADB538#ADB538

#ADB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.145 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB538
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -18.52, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 62.39, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0565 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.145 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.4723, 42.2182, 10.0736)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB538 #4038B5

analogous

#B57F38 #ADB538 #6FB538

triadic

#ADB538 #38ADB5 #B538AD

tetradic

#ADB538 #38B57F #4038B5 #B5386F

square

#ADB538 #38B57F #4038B5 #B5386F

split-complementary

#ADB538 #386FB5 #7F38B5

monochromatic

#54581B #80862A #ADB538 #C6CD5D #D6DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ADB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB538

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB538	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.145 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb76',
    500: '#adb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb538;
$custom-light: #c9cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74382,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB538

secondary

#8783C6

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB538

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

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