#ADBD40#ADBD40

#ADBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBD40
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -22.03, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 62.78, 110.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0656 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.148 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3574, 45.6501, 11.7456)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD40 #5040BD

analogous

#BD8F40 #ADBD40 #6FBD40

triadic

#ADBD40 #40ADBD #BD40AD

tetradic

#ADBD40 #40BD8F #5040BD #BD406F

square

#ADBD40 #40BD8F #5040BD #BD406F

split-complementary

#ADBD40 #406FBD #8F40BD

monochromatic

#596221 #838F31 #ADBD40 #C1CD6D #D4DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#ADBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#ADBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD40

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD40	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d07b',
    500: '#adbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd40;
$custom-light: #c8d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76241,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD40

secondary

#9790C9

accent

#4FD961

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD40

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

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