#ADC740#ADC740

#ADC740 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.160 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC740
RGB	rgb(173, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -26.90, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 67.29, 113.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0791 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.16 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5831, 50.1014, 12.4874)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC740 #5A40C7

analogous

#C79E40 #ADC740 #6AC740

triadic

#ADC740 #40ADC7 #C740AD

tetradic

#ADC740 #40C79E #5A40C7 #C7406A

square

#ADC740 #40C79E #5A40C7 #C7406A

split-complementary

#ADC740 #406AC7 #9E40C7

monochromatic

#5E6D20 #879C2E #ADC740 #C1D56F #D6E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#ADC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#ADC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC740

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC740	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.160 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87c',
    500: '#adc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc740;
$custom-light: #c9d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78502,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC740

secondary

#413576

accent

#4ADE66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC740

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

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