#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
RGBrgb(173, 181, 56)
HSLhsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(71.02, -18.52, 59.58)
CIE-LCHlch(71.02, 62.39, 107.27°)
OKLaboklab(74.38% -0.0565 0.1332)
OKLCHoklch(74.38% 0.145 113)
XYZxyz(34.4723, 42.2182, 10.0736)
Luminance0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ADB5381.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

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

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#ADB538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva