#ADBA38#ADBA38

#ADBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.150 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA38
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -21.02, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 64.49, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0635 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.15 115)
XYZ	xyz(35.5072, 44.2882, 10.4186)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA38 #4538BA

analogous

#BA8638 #ADBA38 #6CBA38

triadic

#ADBA38 #38ADBA #BA38AD

tetradic

#ADBA38 #38BA86 #4538BA #BA386C

square

#ADBA38 #38BA86 #4538BA #BA386C

split-complementary

#ADBA38 #386CBA #8638BA

monochromatic

#555C1C #818B2A #ADBA38 #C4CF60 #D5DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#ADBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA38

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA38	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)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.150 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce77',
    500: '#adba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba38;
$custom-light: #c9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75503,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA38

secondary

#8C86C8

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA38

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

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