#ADB72E#ADB72E

#ADB72E 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	#ADB72E
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -20.02, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 66.70, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0616 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.153 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6613, 42.9492, 9.0484)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB72E #382EB7

analogous

#B77D2E #ADB72E #68B72E

triadic

#ADB72E #2EADB7 #B72EAD

tetradic

#ADB72E #2EB77D #382EB7 #B72E68

square

#ADB72E #2EB77D #382EB7 #B72E68

split-complementary

#ADB72E #2E68B7 #7D2EB7

monochromatic

#515515 #7F8622 #ADB72E #C9D34F #D8DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#ADB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB72E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB72E	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)

#C5AE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.153 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc72',
    500: '#adb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb72e;
$custom-light: #c9cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB72E

secondary

#7F79C8

accent

#45E350

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB72E

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

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