#ADC738#ADC738

#ADC738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.165 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC738
RGB	rgb(173, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -27.36, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 70.12, 112.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0811 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.165 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3716, 50.0168, 11.3734)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC738 #5238C7

analogous

#C79938 #ADC738 #66C738

triadic

#ADC738 #38ADC7 #C738AD

tetradic

#ADC738 #38C799 #5238C7 #C73866

square

#ADC738 #38C799 #5238C7 #C73866

split-complementary

#ADC738 #3866C7 #9938C7

monochromatic

#5A671D #83972B #ADC738 #C1D468 #D4E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ADC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#ADC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC738

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC738	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.165 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d878',
    500: '#adc738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc738;
$custom-light: #c9d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78444,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC738

secondary

#3D3272

accent

#48DF64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC738

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

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