#ADB72A#ADB72A

#ADB72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.155 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB72A
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -20.19, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 67.95, 107.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0624 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.155 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5861, 42.9191, 8.6523)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB72A #342AB7

analogous

#B77B2A #ADB72A #67B72A

triadic

#ADB72A #2AADB7 #B72AAD

tetradic

#ADB72A #2AB77B #342AB7 #B72A67

square

#ADB72A #2AB77B #342AB7 #B72A67

split-complementary

#ADB72A #2A67B7 #7B2AB7

monochromatic

#4F5313 #7E851F #ADB72A #CBD549 #D9E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ADB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB72A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB72A	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)

#C5B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.155 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc70',
    500: '#adb72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb72a;
$custom-light: #c9cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB72A

secondary

#7A74C9

accent

#42E64E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB72A

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

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