#ADBB22#ADBB22

#ADBB22 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	#ADBB22
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -22.47, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 71.71, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0693 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.163 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2937, 44.5410, 8.2511)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB22 #3022BB

analogous

#BB7C22 #ADBB22 #60BB22

triadic

#ADBB22 #22ADBB #BB22AD

tetradic

#ADBB22 #22BB7C #3022BB #BB2260

square

#ADBB22 #22BB7C #3022BB #BB2260

split-complementary

#ADBB22 #2260BB #7C22BB

monochromatic

#4D530F #7D8719 #ADBB22 #CEDC3E #DBE572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ADBB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#ADBB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB22

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB22	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)

#C8B332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.163 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf6d',
    500: '#adbb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb22;
$custom-light: #c9cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75602,
    "c": 0.16291,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB22

secondary

#756DCC

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB22

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

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