#ADB53E#ADB53E

#ADB53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.140 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB53E
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -18.17, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 60.08, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0549 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.14 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.6279, 42.2805, 10.8933)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB53E #463EB5

analogous

#B5823E #ADB53E #71B53E

triadic

#ADB53E #3EADB5 #B53EAD

tetradic

#ADB53E #3EB582 #463EB5 #B53E71

square

#ADB53E #3EB582 #463EB5 #B53E71

split-complementary

#ADB53E #3E71B5 #823EB5

monochromatic

#565A1F #81872E #ADB53E #C4CA66 #D5DA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#ADB53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB53E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB53E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.140 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb7a',
    500: '#adb53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb53e;
$custom-light: #c8cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.4228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB53E

secondary

#8D89C5

accent

#4FD959

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB53E

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

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