#ADC949#ADC949

#ADC949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.156 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADC949
RGB	rgb(173, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -27.27, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 64.77, 114.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0793 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.156 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3234, 51.1387, 14.1012)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADC949 #6549C9

analogous

#C9A549 #ADC949 #6DC949

triadic

#ADC949 #49ADC9 #C949AD

tetradic

#ADC949 #49C9A5 #6549C9 #C9496D

square

#ADC949 #49C9A5 #6549C9 #C9496D

split-complementary

#ADC949 #496DC9 #A549C9

monochromatic

#637523 #8BA431 #ADC949 #C2D778 #D8E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#ADC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#ADC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADC949

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADC949	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.156 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d982',
    500: '#adc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adc949;
$custom-light: #c8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79032,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADC949

secondary

#48397E

accent

#4ADE6A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADC949

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

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