#ADBA37#ADBA37

#ADBA37 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 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA37
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -21.07, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 64.85, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0638 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.151 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.4830, 44.2785, 10.2911)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA37 #4437BA

analogous

#BA8537 #ADBA37 #6CBA37

triadic

#ADBA37 #37ADBA #BA37AD

tetradic

#ADBA37 #37BA85 #4437BA #BA376C

square

#ADBA37 #37BA85 #4437BA #BA376C

split-complementary

#ADBA37 #376CBA #8537BA

monochromatic

#555C1B #818B29 #ADBA37 #C4D05F #D6DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#ADBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA37

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA37	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce76',
    500: '#adba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba37;
$custom-light: #c9ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.954,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75496,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA37

secondary

#8B85C8

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA37

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

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