#ADCD38#ADCD38

#ADCD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.172 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCD38
RGB	rgb(173, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -30.20, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 72.78, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0889 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.172 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7794, 52.8324, 11.8426)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCD38 #5838CD

analogous

#CDA238 #ADCD38 #62CD38

triadic

#ADCD38 #38ADCD #CD38AD

tetradic

#ADCD38 #38CDA2 #5838CD #CD3862

square

#ADCD38 #38CDA2 #5838CD #CD3862

split-complementary

#ADCD38 #3862CD #A238CD

monochromatic

#5D6F1C #86A028 #ADCD38 #C1D969 #D5E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ADCD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#ADCD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCD38

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCD38	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.172 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc79',
    500: '#adcd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcd38;
$custom-light: #c9dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.886,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCD38

secondary

#403178

accent

#45E367

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCD38

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

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