#ADBB21#ADBB21

#ADBB21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.163 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBB21
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -22.50, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 71.96, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0695 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.163 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2795, 44.5353, 8.1762)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB21 #2F21BB

analogous

#BB7C21 #ADBB21 #60BB21

triadic

#ADBB21 #21ADBB #BB21AD

tetradic

#ADBB21 #21BB7C #2F21BB #BB2160

square

#ADBB21 #21BB7C #2F21BB #BB2160

split-complementary

#ADBB21 #2160BB #7C21BB

monochromatic

#4D530F #7D8718 #ADBB21 #CEDD3D #DBE671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ADBB21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#ADBB21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB21

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB21	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.163 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf6d',
    500: '#adbb21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb21;
$custom-light: #c9cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75598,
    "c": 0.16331,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB21

secondary

#746BCC

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB21

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

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