#ADB53A#ADB53A

#ADB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.143 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB53A
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -18.41, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 61.64, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.056 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.143 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.5222, 42.2382, 10.3364)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB53A #423AB5

analogous

#B57F3A #ADB53A #70B53A

triadic

#ADB53A #3AADB5 #B53AAD

tetradic

#ADB53A #3AB57F #423AB5 #B53A70

square

#ADB53A #3AB57F #423AB5 #B53A70

split-complementary

#ADB53A #3A70B5 #7F3AB5

monochromatic

#54581C #81872B #ADB53A #C5CC60 #D6DB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#ADB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB53A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB53A	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)

#C2AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.143 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cb77',
    500: '#adb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb53a;
$custom-light: #c9cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB53A

secondary

#8985C6

accent

#4DDB56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB53A

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

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