#ADB935#ADB935

#ADB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.151 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB935
RGB	rgb(173, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -20.68, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 65.15, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0628 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.151 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2261, 43.8398, 9.9737)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB935 #4135B9

analogous

#B98335 #ADB935 #6BB935

triadic

#ADB935 #35ADB9 #B935AD

tetradic

#ADB935 #35B983 #4135B9 #B9356B

square

#ADB935 #35B983 #4135B9 #B9356B

split-complementary

#ADB935 #356BB9 #8335B9

monochromatic

#545A1A #818927 #ADB935 #C5D05B #D6DE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ADB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#ADB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB935

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB935	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.151 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd75',
    500: '#adb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb935;
$custom-light: #c9cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB935

secondary

#8882C8

accent

#49DF57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB935

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

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