#ADC242#ADC242

#ADC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.152 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC242
RGB	rgb(173, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -24.36, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 64.26, 112.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0718 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.152 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5095, 47.8615, 12.4154)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC242 #5742C2

analogous

#C29742 #ADC242 #6DC242

triadic

#ADC242 #42ADC2 #C242AD

tetradic

#ADC242 #42C297 #5742C2 #C2426D

square

#ADC242 #42C297 #5742C2 #C2426D

split-complementary

#ADC242 #426DC2 #9742C2

monochromatic

#5C6822 #869631 #ADC242 #C1D170 #D5E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#ADC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#ADC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC242

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC242	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.152 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d47d',
    500: '#adc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc242;
$custom-light: #c8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.844,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC242

secondary

#9D94CC

accent

#4DDB64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC242

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

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