#ADCB42#ADCB42

#ADCB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.163 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCB42
RGB	rgb(173, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -28.69, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 68.38, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0839 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.163 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5735, 51.9895, 13.1034)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCB42 #6042CB

analogous

#CBA542 #ADCB42 #68CB42

triadic

#ADCB42 #42ADCB #CB42AD

tetradic

#ADCB42 #42CBA5 #6042CB #CB4268

square

#ADCB42 #42CBA5 #6042CB #CB4268

split-complementary

#ADCB42 #4268CB #A542CB

monochromatic

#617320 #89A32D #ADCB42 #C2D872 #D7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ADCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#ADCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCB42

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCB42	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.163 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9da7e',
    500: '#adcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcb42;
$custom-light: #c9da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.139,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79427,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCB42

secondary

#45357C

accent

#48E069

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCB42

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

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