#ADC040#ADC040

#ADC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.152 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC040
RGB	rgb(173, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -23.51, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 64.12, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0697 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.152 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0094, 46.9541, 11.9629)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC040 #5340C0

analogous

#C09340 #ADC040 #6DC040

triadic

#ADC040 #40ADC0 #C040AD

tetradic

#ADC040 #40C093 #5340C0 #C0406D

square

#ADC040 #40C093 #5340C0 #C0406D

split-complementary

#ADC040 #406DC0 #9340C0

monochromatic

#5A6421 #849230 #ADC040 #C1CF6E #D5DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#ADC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#ADC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC040

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC040	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.152 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d37c',
    500: '#adc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc040;
$custom-light: #c8d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.906,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC040

secondary

#9A91CB

accent

#4EDA63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC040

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

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