#ADB733#ADB733

#ADB733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.150 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB733
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -19.79, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 65.02, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0605 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.15 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7656, 42.9909, 9.5980)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB733 #3D33B7

analogous

#B77F33 #ADB733 #6BB733

triadic

#ADB733 #33ADB7 #B733AD

tetradic

#ADB733 #33B77F #3D33B7 #B7336B

square

#ADB733 #33B77F #3D33B7 #B7336B

split-complementary

#ADB733 #336BB7 #7F33B7

monochromatic

#535718 #808726 #ADB733 #C7D057 #D7DE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#ADB733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB733

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB733	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.150 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc74',
    500: '#adb733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb733;
$custom-light: #c9cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB733

secondary

#847FC7

accent

#48E054

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB733

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

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