#ADBA1D#ADBA1D

#ADBA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.164 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA1D
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 84.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -22.12, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 72.52, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0687 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.164 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0154, 44.0914, 7.8281)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA1D #2A1DBA

analogous

#BA781D #ADBA1D #5FBA1D

triadic

#ADBA1D #1DADBA #BA1DAD

tetradic

#ADBA1D #1DBA78 #2A1DBA #BA1D5F

square

#ADBA1D #1DBA78 #2A1DBA #BA1D5F

split-complementary

#ADBA1D #1D5FBA #781DBA

monochromatic

#4B500C #7C8515 #ADBA1D #D1DF35 #DDE86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ADBA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#ADBA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA1D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA1D	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.164 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace6b',
    500: '#adba1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba1d;
$custom-light: #cace6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.968,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA1D

secondary

#6E65CD

accent

#38F047

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F9EC

border

#D2D2C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA1D

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

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