#ADBC42#ADBC42

#ADBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.145 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBC42
RGB	rgb(173, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -21.41, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 61.55, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0636 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.145 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2010, 45.2445, 11.9792)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBC42 #5142BC

analogous

#BC8E42 #ADBC42 #70BC42

triadic

#ADBC42 #42ADBC #BC42AD

tetradic

#ADBC42 #42BC8E #5142BC #BC4270

square

#ADBC42 #42BC8E #5142BC #BC4270

split-complementary

#ADBC42 #4270BC #8E42BC

monochromatic

#5A6122 #838F32 #ADBC42 #C1CC6F #D4DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#ADBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#ADBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBC42

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBC42	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.145 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d07d',
    500: '#adbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbc42;
$custom-light: #c8d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76033,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBC42

secondary

#9891C9

accent

#50D861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBC42

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

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