#ADBB37#ADBB37

#ADBB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.152 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBB37
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -21.57, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 65.28, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0651 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.152 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6944, 44.7013, 10.3616)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB37 #4537BB

analogous

#BB8737 #ADBB37 #6BBB37

triadic

#ADBB37 #37ADBB #BB37AD

tetradic

#ADBB37 #37BB87 #4537BB #BB376B

square

#ADBB37 #37BB87 #4537BB #BB376B

split-complementary

#ADBB37 #376BBB #8737BB

monochromatic

#555C1B #818C29 #ADBB37 #C4D05F #D5DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADBB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#ADBB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB37

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB37	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.152 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf76',
    500: '#adbb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb37;
$custom-light: #c9cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB37

secondary

#8C85C9

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB37

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

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