#ADB549#ADB549

#ADB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB549
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -17.42, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 55.49, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0517 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.132 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9609, 42.4137, 12.6470)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB549 #5149B5

analogous

#B58749 #ADB549 #77B549

triadic

#ADB549 #49ADB5 #B549AD

tetradic

#ADB549 #49B587 #5149B5 #B54977

square

#ADB549 #49B587 #5149B5 #B54977

split-complementary

#ADB549 #4977B5 #8749B5

monochromatic

#5A5E26 #838937 #ADB549 #C1C774 #D4D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ADB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#ADB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB549

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB549	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb80',
    500: '#adb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb549;
$custom-light: #c8cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB549

secondary

#9894C5

accent

#55D25F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB549

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

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