#ADC859#ADC859

#ADC859 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC859
RGB	rgb(173, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -25.53, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 57.58, 116.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0729 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.141 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6914, 50.9141, 17.1856)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC859 #7459C8

analogous

#C8AC59 #ADC859 #76C859

triadic

#ADC859 #59ADC8 #C859AD

tetradic

#ADC859 #59C8AC #7459C8 #C85976

square

#ADC859 #59C8AC #7459C8 #C85976

split-complementary

#ADC859 #5976C8 #AC59C8

monochromatic

#697D29 #8FAB39 #ADC859 #C4D787 #DAE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ADC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#ADC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC859

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC859	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d88b',
    500: '#adc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc859;
$custom-light: #c8d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.595,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC859

secondary

#514085

accent

#4EDA70

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC859

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

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