#ADC42F#ADC42F

#ADC42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.167 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC42F
RGB	rgb(173, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -26.35, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 71.73, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0791 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.167 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4875, 48.5697, 10.0888)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC42F #462FC4

analogous

#C4912F #ADC42F #62C42F

triadic

#ADC42F #2FADC4 #C42FAD

tetradic

#ADC42F #2FC491 #462FC4 #C42F62

square

#ADC42F #2FC491 #462FC4 #C42F62

split-complementary

#ADC42F #2F62C4 #912FC4

monochromatic

#566117 #819323 #ADC42F #C4D759 #D5E38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ADC42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#ADC42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC42F

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC42F	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.167 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d574',
    500: '#adc42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc42f;
$custom-light: #c9d574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.262,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC42F

secondary

#8D82CD

accent

#43E45C

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC42F

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

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