#ADBB38#ADBB38

#ADBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.151 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBB38
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -21.51, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 64.92, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0649 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.151 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7186, 44.7110, 10.4891)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB38 #4638BB

analogous

#BB8738 #ADBB38 #6CBB38

triadic

#ADBB38 #38ADBB #BB38AD

tetradic

#ADBB38 #38BB87 #4638BB #BB386C

square

#ADBB38 #38BB87 #4638BB #BB386C

split-complementary

#ADBB38 #386CBB #8738BB

monochromatic

#565D1C #818C2A #ADBB38 #C4D061 #D5DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#ADBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB38

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB38	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)

#C8B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.151 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cf77',
    500: '#adbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb38;
$custom-light: #c9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB38

secondary

#8D86C8

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB38

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

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