#ADC231#ADC231

#ADC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.163 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC231
RGB	rgb(173, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -25.29, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 70.26, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.076 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.163 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0806, 47.6900, 10.1568)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC231 #4631C2

analogous

#C28F31 #ADC231 #64C231

triadic

#ADC231 #31ADC2 #C231AD

tetradic

#ADC231 #31C28F #4631C2 #C23164

square

#ADC231 #31C28F #4631C2 #C23164

split-complementary

#ADC231 #3164C2 #8F31C2

monochromatic

#566018 #819125 #ADC231 #C4D65B #D5E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ADC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#ADC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC231

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC231	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.163 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d474',
    500: '#adc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc231;
$custom-light: #c9d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC231

secondary

#8D83CC

accent

#45E35C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC231

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

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