#ADC538#ADC538

#ADC538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.163 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADC538
RGBrgb(173, 197, 56)
HSLhsl(70, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(70, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(12.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.52, -26.40, 64.02)
CIE-LCHlch(75.52, 69.25, 112.41°)
OKLaboklab(77.99% -0.0784 0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(77.99% 0.163 118.8)
XYZxyz(37.9144, 49.1025, 11.2210)
Luminance0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADC538 #5038C5
analogous
#C59738 #ADC538 #66C538
triadic
#ADC538 #38ADC5 #C538AD
tetradic
#ADC538 #38C597 #5038C5 #C53866
square
#ADC538 #38C597 #5038C5 #C53866
split-complementary
#ADC538 #3866C5 #9738C5
monochromatic
#59661D #83952A #ADC538 #C1D467 #D4E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#ADC538 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82
#ADC538 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC538
10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADC538#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADC5381.001.9410.8210.82
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8221.001.001.00
##00000010.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BA1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7BAAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #adc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.163 118.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d678',
    500: '#adc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #adc538;
$custom-light: #c9d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#adc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.213,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77989,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADC538
secondary
#978CCD
accent
#49DF62
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAEE
border
#D2D3C9
text
#141409
muted
#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC538

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#ADC538 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva