#ADBD59#ADBD59

#ADBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBD59
RGB	rgb(173, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -20.12, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 52.09, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0577 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.127 117)
XYZ	xyz(37.2349, 46.0011, 16.3668)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBD59 #6959BD

analogous

#BD9B59 #ADBD59 #7BBD59

triadic

#ADBD59 #59ADBD #BD59AD

tetradic

#ADBD59 #59BD9B #6959BD #BD597B

square

#ADBD59 #59BD9B #6959BD #BD597B

split-complementary

#ADBD59 #597BBD #9B59BD

monochromatic

#656F2C #8C9B3E #ADBD59 #C3CE85 #D8E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#ADBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#ADBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBD59

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBD59	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d08b',
    500: '#adbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbd59;
$custom-light: #c7d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.46001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBD59

secondary

#ABA4CE

accent

#55D369

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBD59

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

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