#ADCA59#ADCA59

#ADCA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCA59
RGB	rgb(173, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -26.49, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 58.59, 116.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0756 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.144 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1576, 51.8465, 17.3411)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCA59 #7659CA

analogous

#CAAE59 #ADCA59 #75CA59

triadic

#ADCA59 #59ADCA #CA59AD

tetradic

#ADCA59 #59CAAE #7659CA #CA5975

square

#ADCA59 #59CAAE #7659CA #CA5975

split-complementary

#ADCA59 #5975CA #AE59CA

monochromatic

#698029 #90AE38 #ADCA59 #C4D987 #DBE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ADCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#ADCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCA59

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCA59	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da8b',
    500: '#adca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adca59;
$custom-light: #c8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.398,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCA59

secondary

#524088

accent

#4DDB71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFBF4

border

#D3D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCA59

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

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