#ADBA42#ADBA42

#ADBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.143 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA42
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -20.42, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 60.66, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0608 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.143 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7767, 44.3960, 11.8378)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA42 #4F42BA

analogous

#BA8B42 #ADBA42 #71BA42

triadic

#ADBA42 #42ADBA #BA42AD

tetradic

#ADBA42 #42BA8B #4F42BA #BA4271

square

#ADBA42 #42BA8B #4F42BA #BA4271

split-complementary

#ADBA42 #4271BA #8B42BA

monochromatic

#596022 #838D32 #ADBA42 #C1CB6E #D4DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#ADBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA42

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA42	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.143 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce7c',
    500: '#adba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba42;
$custom-light: #c8ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA42

secondary

#9690C8

accent

#51D75F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA42

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

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