#ADC842#ADC842

#ADC842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC842
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -27.26, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 67.00, 114.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0799 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.16 120)
XYZ	xyz(38.8719, 50.5863, 12.8695)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC842 #5D42C8

analogous

#C8A042 #ADC842 #6AC842

triadic

#ADC842 #42ADC8 #C842AD

tetradic

#ADC842 #42C8A0 #5D42C8 #C8426A

square

#ADC842 #42C8A0 #5D42C8 #C8426A

split-complementary

#ADC842 #426AC8 #A042C8

monochromatic

#5F6F20 #889F2E #ADC842 #C2D671 #D6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#ADC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#ADC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC842

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC842	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d87e',
    500: '#adc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc842;
$custom-light: #c9d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78745,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.50586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC842

secondary

#433679

accent

#4ADE68

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC842

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

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