#ADB73C#ADB73C

#ADB73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.144 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB73C
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -19.29, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 61.72, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0583 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.144 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9836, 43.0781, 10.7461)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB73C #463CB7

analogous

#B7833C #ADB73C #70B73C

triadic

#ADB73C #3CADB7 #B73CAD

tetradic

#ADB73C #3CB783 #463CB7 #B73C70

square

#ADB73C #3CB783 #463CB7 #B73C70

split-complementary

#ADB73C #3C70B7 #833CB7

monochromatic

#565B1E #81892D #ADB73C #C4CC64 #D5DB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADB73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#ADB73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB73C

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB73C	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.144 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc79',
    500: '#adb73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb73c;
$custom-light: #c8cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB73C

secondary

#8D88C6

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB73C

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

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