#ADCA40#ADCA40

#ADCA40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.163 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCA40
RGB	rgb(173, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -28.34, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 68.66, 114.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0831 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.163 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2801, 51.4956, 12.7198)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCA40 #5D40CA

analogous

#CAA240 #ADCA40 #68CA40

triadic

#ADCA40 #40ADCA #CA40AD

tetradic

#ADCA40 #40CAA2 #5D40CA #CA4068

square

#ADCA40 #40CAA2 #5D40CA #CA4068

split-complementary

#ADCA40 #4068CA #A240CA

monochromatic

#5F701F #88A02C #ADCA40 #C2D770 #D6E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ADCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#ADCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCA40

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCA40	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.163 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7d',
    500: '#adca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adca40;
$custom-light: #c9da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.609,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.16336,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCA40

secondary

#43357A

accent

#48E068

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCA40

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

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