#ADB835#ADB835

#ADB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.150 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB835
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -20.18, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 64.73, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0615 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.15 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0177, 43.4229, 9.9043)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB835 #4035B8

analogous

#B88235 #ADB835 #6CB835

triadic

#ADB835 #35ADB8 #B835AD

tetradic

#ADB835 #35B882 #4035B8 #B8356C

square

#ADB835 #35B882 #4035B8 #B8356C

split-complementary

#ADB835 #356CB8 #8235B8

monochromatic

#54591A #808827 #ADB835 #C6D05B #D6DD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#ADB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB835

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB835	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)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.150 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd75',
    500: '#adb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb835;
$custom-light: #c9cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB835

secondary

#8781C7

accent

#49DF56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB835

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

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