#ADBA44#ADBA44

#ADBA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA44
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 68)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 63.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -20.29, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 59.85, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0603 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.142 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8367, 44.4200, 12.1538)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA44 #5144BA

analogous

#BA8C44 #ADBA44 #72BA44

triadic

#ADBA44 #44ADBA #BA44AD

tetradic

#ADBA44 #44BA8C #5144BA #BA4472

square

#ADBA44 #44BA8C #5144BA #BA4472

split-complementary

#ADBA44 #4472BA #8C44BA

monochromatic

#5A6023 #838D34 #ADBA44 #C1CB70 #D4DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ADBA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#ADBA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA44

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA44	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C7B135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce7e',
    500: '#adba44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba44;
$custom-light: #c8ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.61,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75602,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA44

secondary

#9892C8

accent

#52D660

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA44

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

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