#ADCA42#ADCA42

#ADCA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.162 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCA42
RGB	rgb(173, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -28.21, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 67.92, 114.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0825 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.162 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3381, 51.5187, 13.0249)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCA42 #5F42CA

analogous

#CAA342 #ADCA42 #69CA42

triadic

#ADCA42 #42ADCA #CA42AD

tetradic

#ADCA42 #42CAA3 #5F42CA #CA4269

square

#ADCA42 #42CAA3 #5F42CA #CA4269

split-complementary

#ADCA42 #4269CA #A342CA

monochromatic

#607220 #89A22D #ADCA42 #C2D772 #D6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#ADCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#ADCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCA42

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCA42	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)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.162 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7e',
    500: '#adca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adca42;
$custom-light: #c9da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.792,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCA42

secondary

#44357B

accent

#48DF69

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCA42

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

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