#ADBD21#ADBD21

#ADBD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.165 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBD21
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -23.48, 68.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 72.73, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0722 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.165 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7067, 45.3898, 8.3187)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD21 #3121BD

analogous

#BD7F21 #ADBD21 #5FBD21

triadic

#ADBD21 #21ADBD #BD21AD

tetradic

#ADBD21 #21BD7F #3121BD #BD215F

square

#ADBD21 #21BD7F #3121BD #BD215F

split-complementary

#ADBD21 #215FBD #7F21BD

monochromatic

#4E550F #7D8918 #ADBD21 #CDDD3E #DAE672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#ADBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD21

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD21	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.165 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d06d',
    500: '#adbd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd21;
$custom-light: #c9d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7605,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD21

secondary

#776DCD

accent

#3BED4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD21

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

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