#ADBA48#ADBA48

#ADBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA48
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(67, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -20.01, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 58.18, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0591 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.138 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9630, 44.4705, 12.8188)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA48 #5548BA

analogous

#BA8E48 #ADBA48 #74BA48

triadic

#ADBA48 #48ADBA #BA48AD

tetradic

#ADBA48 #48BA8E #5548BA #BA4874

square

#ADBA48 #48BA8E #5548BA #BA4874

split-complementary

#ADBA48 #4874BA #8E48BA

monochromatic

#5B6225 #858F36 #ADBA48 #C1CB74 #D5DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ADBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#ADBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA48

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA48	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce80',
    500: '#adba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba48;
$custom-light: #c8ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.842,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA48

secondary

#9B96C8

accent

#53D562

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA48

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

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