#ADBD37#ADBD37

#ADBD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.154 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBD37
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -22.56, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 66.13, 109.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0679 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1217, 45.5558, 10.5040)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD37 #4737BD

analogous

#BD8A37 #ADBD37 #6ABD37

triadic

#ADBD37 #37ADBD #BD37AD

tetradic

#ADBD37 #37BD8A #4737BD #BD376A

square

#ADBD37 #37BD8A #4737BD #BD376A

split-complementary

#ADBD37 #376ABD #8A37BD

monochromatic

#565E1B #828E29 #ADBD37 #C3D160 #D5DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#ADBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD37

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#adbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd37;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD37

secondary

#8E86C9

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD37

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

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