#ADB836#ADB836

#ADB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB836
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -20.13, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 64.37, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0612 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.149 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0409, 43.4322, 10.0267)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB836 #4136B8

analogous

#B88236 #ADB836 #6CB836

triadic

#ADB836 #36ADB8 #B836AD

tetradic

#ADB836 #36B882 #4136B8 #B8366C

square

#ADB836 #36B882 #4136B8 #B8366C

split-complementary

#ADB836 #366CB8 #8236B8

monochromatic

#54591A #818928 #ADB836 #C5CF5C #D6DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#ADB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB836

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB836	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd76',
    500: '#adb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb836;
$custom-light: #c9cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB836

secondary

#8882C7

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB836

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

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