#ADBA49#ADBA49

#ADBA49 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 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBA49
RGB	rgb(173, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -19.93, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 57.76, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0588 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.138 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9959, 44.4836, 12.9920)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBA49 #5649BA

analogous

#BA8E49 #ADBA49 #74BA49

triadic

#ADBA49 #49ADBA #BA49AD

tetradic

#ADBA49 #49BA8E #5649BA #BA4974

square

#ADBA49 #49BA8E #5649BA #BA4974

split-complementary

#ADBA49 #4974BA #8E49BA

monochromatic

#5C6326 #858F36 #ADBA49 #C1CB75 #D5DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ADBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#ADBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBA49

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBA49	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce80',
    500: '#adba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adba49;
$custom-light: #c8ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75649,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBA49

secondary

#9C96C8

accent

#53D562

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBA49

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

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