#ADB83C#ADB83C

#ADB83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.145 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB83C
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -19.79, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 62.14, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0597 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.145 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1906, 43.4921, 10.8151)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB83C #473CB8

analogous

#B8853C #ADB83C #6FB83C

triadic

#ADB83C #3CADB8 #B83CAD

tetradic

#ADB83C #3CB885 #473CB8 #B83C6F

square

#ADB83C #3CB885 #473CB8 #B83C6F

split-complementary

#ADB83C #3C6FB8 #853CB8

monochromatic

#565C1E #828A2D #ADB83C #C3CD65 #D5DC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ADB83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#ADB83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB83C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB83C	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.145 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd79',
    500: '#adb83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb83c;
$custom-light: #c8cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB83C

secondary

#8E89C7

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB83C

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

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