#ADC438#ADC438

#ADC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.162 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC438
RGB	rgb(173, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -25.91, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 68.81, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0771 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.162 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6881, 48.6499, 11.1456)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC438 #4F38C4

analogous

#C49538 #ADC438 #67C438

triadic

#ADC438 #38ADC4 #C438AD

tetradic

#ADC438 #38C495 #4F38C4 #C43867

square

#ADC438 #38C495 #4F38C4 #C43867

split-complementary

#ADC438 #3867C4 #9538C4

monochromatic

#59651D #83942A #ADC438 #C1D366 #D4E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#ADC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#ADC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC438

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC438	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.162 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d578',
    500: '#adc438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc438;
$custom-light: #c9d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC438

secondary

#968CCC

accent

#49DF62

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC438

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

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