#ADBD38#ADBD38

#ADBD38 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	#ADBD38
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -22.50, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 65.77, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0676 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.154 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1459, 45.5655, 10.6315)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD38 #4838BD

analogous

#BD8A38 #ADBD38 #6ABD38

triadic

#ADBD38 #38ADBD #BD38AD

tetradic

#ADBD38 #38BD8A #4838BD #BD386A

square

#ADBD38 #38BD8A #4838BD #BD386A

split-complementary

#ADBD38 #386ABD #8A38BD

monochromatic

#575F1C #828E2A #ADBD38 #C3D062 #D5DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#ADBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD38

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD38	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)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.154 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d077',
    500: '#adbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd38;
$custom-light: #c9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD38

secondary

#8F87C9

accent

#4ADE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD38

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

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