#ADBB40#ADBB40

#ADBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBB40
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -21.04, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 61.90, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0628 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.146 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9302, 44.7956, 11.6031)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB40 #4E40BB

analogous

#BB8C40 #ADBB40 #70BB40

triadic

#ADBB40 #40ADBB #BB40AD

tetradic

#ADBB40 #40BB8C #4E40BB #BB4070

square

#ADBB40 #40BB8C #4E40BB #BB4070

split-complementary

#ADBB40 #4070BB #8C40BB

monochromatic

#596021 #838D30 #ADBB40 #C2CD6C #D5DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#ADBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB40

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB40	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cf7b',
    500: '#adbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb40;
$custom-light: #c8cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB40

secondary

#958FC8

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB40

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

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