#ADB833#ADB833

#ADB833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.151 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB833
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -20.28, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 65.43, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0619 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.151 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9726, 43.4049, 9.6670)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB833 #3E33B8

analogous

#B88033 #ADB833 #6AB833

triadic

#ADB833 #33ADB8 #B833AD

tetradic

#ADB833 #33B880 #3E33B8 #B8336A

square

#ADB833 #33B880 #3E33B8 #B8336A

split-complementary

#ADB833 #336AB8 #8033B8

monochromatic

#535818 #808826 #ADB833 #C7D158 #D7DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#ADB833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB833

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB833	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.151 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd74',
    500: '#adb833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb833;
$custom-light: #c9cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.962,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75019,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB833

secondary

#857FC8

accent

#48E054

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB833

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

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