#ADC838#ADC838

#ADC838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.166 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC838
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -27.83, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 70.56, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0824 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.166 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6024, 50.4785, 11.4503)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC838 #5338C8

analogous

#C89B38 #ADC838 #65C838

triadic

#ADC838 #38ADC8 #C838AD

tetradic

#ADC838 #38C89B #5338C8 #C83865

square

#ADC838 #38C89B #5338C8 #C83865

split-complementary

#ADC838 #3865C8 #9B38C8

monochromatic

#5A691D #84992A #ADC838 #C1D568 #D5E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ADC838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#ADC838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC838

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC838	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.166 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d878',
    500: '#adc838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc838;
$custom-light: #c9d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78671,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC838

secondary

#3E3273

accent

#48E064

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC838

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

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