#ADB92A#ADB92A

#ADB92A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.157 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB92A
RGB	rgb(173, 185, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -21.19, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 68.74, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0652 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.157 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0015, 43.7500, 8.7908)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB92A #362AB9

analogous

#B97E2A #ADB92A #66B92A

triadic

#ADB92A #2AADB9 #B92AAD

tetradic

#ADB92A #2AB97E #362AB9 #B92A66

square

#ADB92A #2AB97E #362AB9 #B92A66

split-complementary

#ADB92A #2A66B9 #7E2AB9

monochromatic

#505513 #7E871F #ADB92A #CAD64A #D9E17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ADB92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#ADB92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB92A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB92A	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 185, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.157 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd70',
    500: '#adb92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb92a;
$custom-light: #c9cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7519,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB92A

secondary

#7C75CA

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB92A

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

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