#ADC938#ADC938

#ADC938 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.167 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC938
RGB	rgb(173, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -28.31, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 71.01, 113.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0837 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.167 120)
XYZ	xyz(38.8347, 50.9432, 11.5278)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC938 #5438C9

analogous

#C99C38 #ADC938 #65C938

triadic

#ADC938 #38ADC9 #C938AD

tetradic

#ADC938 #38C99C #5438C9 #C93865

square

#ADC938 #38C99C #5438C9 #C93865

split-complementary

#ADC938 #3865C9 #9C38C9

monochromatic

#5B6A1D #849A2A #ADC938 #C1D668 #D5E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#ADC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#ADC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC938

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC938	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.167 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d978',
    500: '#adc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc938;
$custom-light: #c9d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78899,
    "c": 0.16728,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.50943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC938

secondary

#3E3174

accent

#47E165

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC938

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

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