#ADBE42#ADBE42

#ADBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.148 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBE42
RGB	rgb(173, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -22.40, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 62.45, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0664 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.148 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6312, 46.1049, 12.1226)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBE42 #5342BE

analogous

#BE9142 #ADBE42 #6FBE42

triadic

#ADBE42 #42ADBE #BE42AD

tetradic

#ADBE42 #42BE91 #5342BE #BE426F

square

#ADBE42 #42BE91 #5342BE #BE426F

split-complementary

#ADBE42 #426FBE #9142BE

monochromatic

#5A6322 #849132 #ADBE42 #C1CE70 #D5DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#ADBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#ADBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBE42

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBE42	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d17d',
    500: '#adbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbe42;
$custom-light: #c8d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBE42

secondary

#9A92CA

accent

#4FD862

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBE42

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

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