#ADB933#ADB933

#ADB933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.152 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB933
RGB	rgb(173, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 72.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -20.78, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 65.84, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0633 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.152 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1811, 43.8218, 9.7365)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB933 #3F33B9

analogous

#B98233 #ADB933 #6AB933

triadic

#ADB933 #33ADB9 #B933AD

tetradic

#ADB933 #33B982 #3F33B9 #B9336A

square

#ADB933 #33B982 #3F33B9 #B9336A

split-complementary

#ADB933 #336AB9 #8233B9

monochromatic

#535919 #808926 #ADB933 #C6D158 #D7DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ADB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#ADB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB933

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB933	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)

#C6B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.152 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd74',
    500: '#adb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb933;
$custom-light: #c9cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB933

secondary

#8680C8

accent

#48E055

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB933

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

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