#ADB648#ADB648

#ADB648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB648
RGB	rgb(173, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -18.00, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 56.37, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0534 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.134 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1321, 42.8087, 12.5418)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB648 #5148B6

analogous

#B68848 #ADB648 #76B648

triadic

#ADB648 #48ADB6 #B648AD

tetradic

#ADB648 #48B688 #5148B6 #B64876

square

#ADB648 #48B688 #5148B6 #B64876

split-complementary

#ADB648 #4876B6 #8848B6

monochromatic

#5A5E25 #838A37 #ADB648 #C1C873 #D4D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADB648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#ADB648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB648

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB648	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb80',
    500: '#adb648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb648;
$custom-light: #c8cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB648

secondary

#9894C6

accent

#55D35F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB648

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

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