#ADB53D#ADB53D

#ADB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB53D
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -18.23, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 60.47, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0552 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.141 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.6007, 42.2696, 10.7501)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB53D #453DB5

analogous

#B5813D #ADB53D #71B53D

triadic

#ADB53D #3DADB5 #B53DAD

tetradic

#ADB53D #3DB581 #453DB5 #B53D71

square

#ADB53D #3DB581 #453DB5 #B53D71

split-complementary

#ADB53D #3D71B5 #813DB5

monochromatic

#55591E #81872E #ADB53D #C4CB64 #D5DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#ADB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB53D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB53D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb79',
    500: '#adb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb53d;
$custom-light: #c8cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB53D

secondary

#8C88C5

accent

#4FD958

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB53D

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

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