#ADCA38#ADCA38

#ADCA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.168 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCA38
RGB	rgb(173, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -28.79, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 71.45, 113.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.085 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.168 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0686, 51.4109, 11.6057)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCA38 #5538CA

analogous

#CA9E38 #ADCA38 #64CA38

triadic

#ADCA38 #38ADCA #CA38AD

tetradic

#ADCA38 #38CA9E #5538CA #CA3864

square

#ADCA38 #38CA9E #5538CA #CA3864

split-complementary

#ADCA38 #3864CA #9E38CA

monochromatic

#5B6B1D #859B29 #ADCA38 #C1D768 #D5E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ADCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#ADCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCA38

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCA38	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.168 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da79',
    500: '#adca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adca38;
$custom-light: #c9da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79127,
    "c": 0.16844,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCA38

secondary

#3F3175

accent

#47E165

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCA38

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

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