#ADB751#ADB751

#ADB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB751
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -17.80, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 52.86, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0519 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.127 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6530, 43.3459, 14.2714)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB751 #5B51B7

analogous

#B78E51 #ADB751 #7AB751

triadic

#ADB751 #51ADB7 #B751AD

tetradic

#ADB751 #51B78E #5B51B7 #B7517A

square

#ADB751 #51B78E #5B51B7 #B7517A

split-complementary

#ADB751 #517AB7 #8E51B7

monochromatic

#5E6429 #878F3B #ADB751 #C1C97C #D6DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#ADB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB751

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB751	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc85',
    500: '#adb751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb751;
$custom-light: #c8cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB751

secondary

#A09CC8

accent

#57D163

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB751

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

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