#ADB829#ADB829

#ADB829 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	#ADB829
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 41)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -20.73, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 68.64, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.064 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.157 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7754, 43.3260, 8.6282)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB829 #3429B8

analogous

#B87C29 #ADB829 #66B829

triadic

#ADB829 #29ADB8 #B829AD

tetradic

#ADB829 #29B87C #3429B8 #B82966

square

#ADB829 #29B87C #3429B8 #B82966

split-complementary

#ADB829 #2966B8 #7C29B8

monochromatic

#4F5413 #7E861E #ADB829 #CBD648 #D9E17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ADB829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB829

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB829	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)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.157 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd6f',
    500: '#adb829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb829;
$custom-light: #c9cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB829

secondary

#7A73C9

accent

#41E74E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB829

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

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