#ADB855#ADB855

#ADB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB855
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -17.97, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 51.50, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.052 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.124 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0144, 43.8216, 15.1538)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB855 #6055B8

analogous

#B89255 #ADB855 #7BB855

triadic

#ADB855 #55ADB8 #B855AD

tetradic

#ADB855 #55B892 #6055B8 #B8557B

square

#ADB855 #55B892 #6055B8 #B8557B

split-complementary

#ADB855 #557BB8 #9255B8

monochromatic

#61672B #89933D #ADB855 #C2CA80 #D7DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ADB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#ADB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB855

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB855	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cd88',
    500: '#adb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb855;
$custom-light: #c7cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75333,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB855

secondary

#A49FCA

accent

#57D164

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB855

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

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