#ADBA36#ADBA36

#ADBA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.151 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA36
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -21.13, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 65.21, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.064 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.151 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.4593, 44.2690, 10.1661)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA36 #4336BA

analogous

#BA8536 #ADBA36 #6BBA36

triadic

#ADBA36 #36ADBA #BA36AD

tetradic

#ADBA36 #36BA85 #4336BA #BA366B

square

#ADBA36 #36BA85 #4336BA #BA366B

split-complementary

#ADBA36 #366BBA #8536BA

monochromatic

#555B1A #818B28 #ADBA36 #C5D05D #D6DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#ADBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA36

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA36	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)

#C7B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce76',
    500: '#adba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba36;
$custom-light: #c9ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75489,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA36

secondary

#8A84C8

accent

#49DE58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA36

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

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