#ADB540#ADB540

#ADB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB540
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -18.04, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 59.27, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0544 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.139 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.6838, 42.3029, 11.1877)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB540 #4840B5

analogous

#B58340 #ADB540 #72B540

triadic

#ADB540 #40ADB5 #B540AD

tetradic

#ADB540 #40B583 #4840B5 #B54072

square

#ADB540 #40B583 #4840B5 #B54072

split-complementary

#ADB540 #4072B5 #8340B5

monochromatic

#575B20 #828830 #ADB540 #C3CA68 #D5DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#ADB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB540

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB540	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)

#C2AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb7b',
    500: '#adb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb540;
$custom-light: #c8cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB540

secondary

#8F8BC5

accent

#50D75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB540

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →