#ADBA28#ADBA28

#ADBA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.159 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA28
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 78.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -21.76, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 69.71, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0669 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.159 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1765, 44.1559, 8.6770)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA28 #3528BA

analogous

#BA7E28 #ADBA28 #64BA28

triadic

#ADBA28 #28ADBA #BA28AD

tetradic

#ADBA28 #28BA7E #3528BA #BA2864

square

#ADBA28 #28BA7E #3528BA #BA2864

split-complementary

#ADBA28 #2864BA #7E28BA

monochromatic

#4F5512 #7E881D #ADBA28 #CBD848 #D9E27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ADBA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#ADBA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA28

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA28	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.159 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce6f',
    500: '#adba28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba28;
$custom-light: #c9ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA28

secondary

#7B73CA

accent

#40E84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA28

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

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