#ADB72D#ADB72D

#ADB72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.153 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB72D
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -20.07, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 67.02, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0618 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.153 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6418, 42.9414, 8.9458)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB72D #372DB7

analogous

#B77C2D #ADB72D #68B72D

triadic

#ADB72D #2DADB7 #B72DAD

tetradic

#ADB72D #2DB77C #372DB7 #B72D68

square

#ADB72D #2DB77C #372DB7 #B72D68

split-complementary

#ADB72D #2D68B7 #7C2DB7

monochromatic

#505515 #7F8621 #ADB72D #CAD34E #D8DF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#ADB72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB72D

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB72D	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)

#C5AE0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.153 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc71',
    500: '#adb72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb72d;
$custom-light: #c9cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74757,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB72D

secondary

#7D78C8

accent

#44E450

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB72D

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

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