#ADBD42#ADBD42

#ADBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.147 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBD42
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -21.91, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 62.00, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.065 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.147 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4153, 45.6733, 12.0507)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD42 #5242BD

analogous

#BD9042 #ADBD42 #6FBD42

triadic

#ADBD42 #42ADBD #BD42AD

tetradic

#ADBD42 #42BD90 #5242BD #BD426F

square

#ADBD42 #42BD90 #5242BD #BD426F

split-complementary

#ADBD42 #426FBD #9042BD

monochromatic

#5A6222 #839032 #ADBD42 #C1CD6F #D4DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#ADBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#ADBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD42

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD42	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)

#CAB331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.147 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d07d',
    500: '#adbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd42;
$custom-light: #c8d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.805,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76258,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD42

secondary

#9992C9

accent

#50D862

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD42

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

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