#ADBA2A#ADBA2A

#ADBA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.158 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA2A
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -21.68, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 69.13, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0666 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.158 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2114, 44.1699, 8.8608)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA2A #372ABA

analogous

#BA7F2A #ADBA2A #65BA2A

triadic

#ADBA2A #2AADBA #BA2AAD

tetradic

#ADBA2A #2ABA7F #372ABA #BA2A65

square

#ADBA2A #2ABA7F #372ABA #BA2A65

split-complementary

#ADBA2A #2A65BA #7F2ABA

monochromatic

#505613 #7F881F #ADBA2A #CAD64B #D8E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ADBA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#ADBA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA2A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA2A	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)

#C7B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.158 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce70',
    500: '#adba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba2a;
$custom-light: #c9ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA2A

secondary

#7D76CA

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA2A

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

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