#ADBA2E#ADBA2E

#ADBA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.156 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA2E
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -21.51, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 67.90, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0658 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.156 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2866, 44.1999, 9.2568)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA2E #3B2EBA

analogous

#BA812E #ADBA2E #67BA2E

triadic

#ADBA2E #2EADBA #BA2EAD

tetradic

#ADBA2E #2EBA81 #3B2EBA #BA2E67

square

#ADBA2E #2EBA81 #3B2EBA #BA2E67

split-complementary

#ADBA2E #2E67BA #812EBA

monochromatic

#525816 #7F8922 #ADBA2E #C8D451 #D7E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#ADBA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA2E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA2E	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#C8B00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.156 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce72',
    500: '#adba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba2e;
$custom-light: #c9ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75437,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA2E

secondary

#827BC9

accent

#44E353

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA2E

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

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