#ADB73D#ADB73D

#ADB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.143 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB73D
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -19.23, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 61.33, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.058 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0103, 43.0888, 10.8867)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB73D #473DB7

analogous

#B7843D #ADB73D #70B73D

triadic

#ADB73D #3DADB7 #B73DAD

tetradic

#ADB73D #3DB784 #473DB7 #B73D70

square

#ADB73D #3DB784 #473DB7 #B73D70

split-complementary

#ADB73D #3D70B7 #843DB7

monochromatic

#565B1E #82892E #ADB73D #C3CC65 #D5DB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#ADB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB73D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB73D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc79',
    500: '#adb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb73d;
$custom-light: #c8cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB73D

secondary

#8E89C6

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB73D

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

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