#ADC228#ADC228

#ADC228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.168 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC228
RGB	rgb(173, 194, 40)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 79.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -25.67, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 72.92, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0777 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.168 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9093, 47.6214, 9.2545)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC228 #3D28C2

analogous

#C28A28 #ADC228 #60C228

triadic

#ADC228 #28ADC2 #C228AD

tetradic

#ADC228 #28C28A #3D28C2 #C22860

square

#ADC228 #28C28A #3D28C2 #C22860

split-complementary

#ADC228 #2860C2 #8A28C2

monochromatic

#535D13 #808F1E #ADC228 #C7DA4D #D7E580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#ADC228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#ADC228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC228

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC228	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 194, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.168 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d470',
    500: '#adc228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc228;
$custom-light: #c9d470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77215,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC228

secondary

#8478CD

accent

#3FE956

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC228

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

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