#ADBC59#ADBC59

#ADBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBC59
RGB	rgb(173, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -19.62, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 51.60, 112.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0563 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.126 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0205, 45.5723, 16.2954)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBC59 #6859BC

analogous

#BC9A59 #ADBC59 #7CBC59

triadic

#ADBC59 #59ADBC #BC59AD

tetradic

#ADBC59 #59BC9A #6859BC #BC597C

square

#ADBC59 #59BC9A #6859BC #BC597C

split-complementary

#ADBC59 #597CBC #9A59BC

monochromatic

#646E2C #8C9A3E #ADBC59 #C3CE85 #D8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#ADBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBC59

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBC59	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d08b',
    500: '#adbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbc59;
$custom-light: #c7d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76274,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBC59

secondary

#AAA3CD

accent

#56D268

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBC59

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

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