#ADBA2B#ADBA2B

#ADBA2B 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 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA2B
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -21.64, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 68.83, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0664 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.158 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2296, 44.1771, 8.9562)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA2B #382BBA

analogous

#BA802B #ADBA2B #65BA2B

triadic

#ADBA2B #2BADBA #BA2BAD

tetradic

#ADBA2B #2BBA80 #382BBA #BA2B65

square

#ADBA2B #2BBA80 #382BBA #BA2B65

split-complementary

#ADBA2B #2B65BA #802BBA

monochromatic

#515714 #7F8820 #ADBA2B #C9D64C #D8E17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ADBA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#ADBA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA2B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA2B	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.158 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce71',
    500: '#adba2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba2b;
$custom-light: #c9ce71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7542,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA2B

secondary

#7F77CA

accent

#42E651

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA2B

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

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