#ADB72B#ADB72B

#ADB72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.155 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB72B
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -20.15, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 67.64, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0623 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.155 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6042, 42.9263, 8.7478)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB72B #352BB7

analogous

#B77B2B #ADB72B #67B72B

triadic

#ADB72B #2BADB7 #B72BAD

tetradic

#ADB72B #2BB77B #352BB7 #B72B67

square

#ADB72B #2BB77B #352BB7 #B72B67

split-complementary

#ADB72B #2B67B7 #7B2BB7

monochromatic

#4F5414 #7E851F #ADB72B #CBD54B #D9E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#ADB72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB72B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB72B	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.155 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc70',
    500: '#adb72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb72b;
$custom-light: #c9cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB72B

secondary

#7B75C9

accent

#43E54E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB72B

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

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