#ADB73E#ADB73E

#ADB73E 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	#ADB73E
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -19.17, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.94, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0578 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0375, 43.0997, 11.0298)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB73E #483EB7

analogous

#B7853E #ADB73E #70B73E

triadic

#ADB73E #3EADB7 #B73EAD

tetradic

#ADB73E #3EB785 #483EB7 #B73E70

square

#ADB73E #3EB785 #483EB7 #B73E70

split-complementary

#ADB73E #3E70B7 #853EB7

monochromatic

#575C1F #82892F #ADB73E #C3CB67 #D5DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#ADB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB73E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB73E	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)

#C4AE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc7a',
    500: '#adb73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb73e;
$custom-light: #c8cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB73E

secondary

#8F8AC6

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB73E

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

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