#ADB736#ADB736

#ADB736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB736
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -19.63, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 63.96, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0598 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.148 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8339, 43.0182, 9.9577)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB736 #4036B7

analogous

#B78136 #ADB736 #6DB736

triadic

#ADB736 #36ADB7 #B736AD

tetradic

#ADB736 #36B781 #4036B7 #B7366D

square

#ADB736 #36B781 #4036B7 #B7366D

split-complementary

#ADB736 #366DB7 #8136B7

monochromatic

#54581A #808828 #ADB736 #C6CF5B #D6DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#ADB736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB736

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB736	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)

#C4AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc75',
    500: '#adb736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb736;
$custom-light: #c9cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB736

secondary

#8782C7

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB736

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

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