#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
RGB	rgb(173, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -26.40, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 69.25, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0784 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.163 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9144, 49.1025, 11.2210)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##ADC538	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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