#ADB83A#ADB83A

#ADB83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB83A
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -19.91, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 62.90, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0602 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.147 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1387, 43.4714, 10.5419)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB83A #453AB8

analogous

#B8843A #ADB83A #6EB83A

triadic

#ADB83A #3AADB8 #B83AAD

tetradic

#ADB83A #3AB884 #453AB8 #B83A6E

square

#ADB83A #3AB884 #453AB8 #B83A6E

split-complementary

#ADB83A #3A6EB8 #843AB8

monochromatic

#555B1D #81892B #ADB83A #C4CD62 #D5DC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#ADB83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB83A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB83A	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)

#C5AF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd78',
    500: '#adb83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb83a;
$custom-light: #c9cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75069,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB83A

secondary

#8C87C7

accent

#4CDC59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB83A

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

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