#ADB642#ADB642

#ADB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB642
RGB	rgb(173, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -18.42, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 58.89, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0552 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.139 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9458, 42.7342, 11.5608)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB642 #4B42B6

analogous

#B68542 #ADB642 #73B642

triadic

#ADB642 #42ADB6 #B642AD

tetradic

#ADB642 #42B685 #4B42B6 #B64273

square

#ADB642 #42B685 #4B42B6 #B64273

split-complementary

#ADB642 #4273B6 #8542B6

monochromatic

#585C21 #828932 #ADB642 #C2CA6C #D5DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#ADB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB642

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB642	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb7c',
    500: '#adb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb642;
$custom-light: #c8cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB642

secondary

#928EC6

accent

#51D65C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB642

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

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