#ADB827#ADB827

#ADB827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.158 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB827
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -20.81, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 69.22, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0644 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.158 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7414, 43.3124, 8.4491)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB827 #3227B8

analogous

#B87A27 #ADB827 #64B827

triadic

#ADB827 #27ADB8 #B827AD

tetradic

#ADB827 #27B87A #3227B8 #B82764

square

#ADB827 #27B87A #3227B8 #B82764

split-complementary

#ADB827 #2764B8 #7A27B8

monochromatic

#4E5312 #7E861C #ADB827 #CCD845 #DAE277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ADB827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB827

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB827	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.158 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd6f',
    500: '#adb827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb827;
$custom-light: #c9cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB827

secondary

#7871CA

accent

#40E84D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB827

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

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