#ADB728#ADB728

#ADB728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.156 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB728
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 78.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -20.27, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 68.54, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0628 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.156 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5512, 42.9051, 8.4685)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB728 #3228B7

analogous

#B77928 #ADB728 #65B728

triadic

#ADB728 #28ADB7 #B728AD

tetradic

#ADB728 #28B779 #3228B7 #B72865

square

#ADB728 #28B779 #3228B7 #B72865

split-complementary

#ADB728 #2865B7 #7928B7

monochromatic

#4E5312 #7E851D #ADB728 #CCD646 #DAE178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ADB728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB728

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB728	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.156 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc6f',
    500: '#adb728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb728;
$custom-light: #c9cc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB728

secondary

#7872C9

accent

#41E74C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB728

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

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