#ADBA32#ADBA32

#ADBA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.154 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA32
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 50)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -21.33, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 66.60, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0649 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3692, 44.2330, 9.6916)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA32 #3F32BA

analogous

#BA8332 #ADBA32 #69BA32

triadic

#ADBA32 #32ADBA #BA32AD

tetradic

#ADBA32 #32BA83 #3F32BA #BA3269

square

#ADBA32 #32BA83 #3F32BA #BA3269

split-complementary

#ADBA32 #3269BA #8332BA

monochromatic

#535A18 #808A25 #ADBA32 #C6D257 #D7DF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#ADBA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA32

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA32	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce74',
    500: '#adba32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba32;
$custom-light: #c9ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA32

secondary

#867FC9

accent

#47E156

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA32

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

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