#ADBB42#ADBB42

#ADBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.144 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBB42
RGB	rgb(173, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -20.92, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 61.10, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0622 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.144 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9881, 44.8188, 11.9083)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBB42 #5042BB

analogous

#BB8D42 #ADBB42 #71BB42

triadic

#ADBB42 #42ADBB #BB42AD

tetradic

#ADBB42 #42BB8D #5042BB #BB4271

square

#ADBB42 #42BB8D #5042BB #BB4271

split-complementary

#ADBB42 #4271BB #8D42BB

monochromatic

#596122 #838E32 #ADBB42 #C1CC6E #D4DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#ADBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBB42

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBB42	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)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.144 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cf7c',
    500: '#adbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbb42;
$custom-light: #c8cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.942,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75808,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBB42

secondary

#9791C8

accent

#50D760

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBB42

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

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