#ADC856#ADC856

#ADC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC856
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -25.78, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 58.89, 115.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0739 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.144 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5680, 50.8647, 16.5357)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC856 #7156C8

analogous

#C8AA56 #ADC856 #74C856

triadic

#ADC856 #56ADC8 #C856AD

tetradic

#ADC856 #56C8AA #7156C8 #C85674

square

#ADC856 #56C8AA #7156C8 #C85674

split-complementary

#ADC856 #5674C8 #AA56C8

monochromatic

#687B28 #8FAA37 #ADC856 #C3D784 #DAE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ADC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#ADC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC856

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC856	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d889',
    500: '#adc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc856;
$custom-light: #c8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.211,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78936,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC856

secondary

#4F3F84

accent

#4DDA6F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC856

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

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