#ADB539#ADB539

#ADB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.144 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB539
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -18.46, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 62.02, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0563 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.144 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.4970, 42.2281, 10.2037)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB539 #4139B5

analogous

#B57F39 #ADB539 #6FB539

triadic

#ADB539 #39ADB5 #B539AD

tetradic

#ADB539 #39B57F #4139B5 #B5396F

square

#ADB539 #39B57F #4139B5 #B5396F

split-complementary

#ADB539 #396FB5 #7F39B5

monochromatic

#54581C #81862A #ADB539 #C5CD5F #D6DB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#ADB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB539

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB539	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.144 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb77',
    500: '#adb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb539;
$custom-light: #c9cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB539

secondary

#8884C6

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB539

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

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