#ADB828#ADB828

#ADB828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.157 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB828
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 78.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -20.77, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 68.93, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0642 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.157 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7582, 43.3191, 8.5375)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB828 #3328B8

analogous

#B87B28 #ADB828 #65B828

triadic

#ADB828 #28ADB8 #B828AD

tetradic

#ADB828 #28B87B #3328B8 #B82865

square

#ADB828 #28B87B #3328B8 #B82865

split-complementary

#ADB828 #2865B8 #7B28B8

monochromatic

#4E5312 #7E861D #ADB828 #CCD746 #DAE279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ADB828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB828

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB828	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)

#B9AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.157 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd6f',
    500: '#adb828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb828;
$custom-light: #c9cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB828

secondary

#7972CA

accent

#41E74D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB828

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

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