#ADCD40#ADCD40

#ADCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.167 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCD40
RGB	rgb(173, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -29.76, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 70.03, 115.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.087 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.167 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9909, 52.9170, 12.9567)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCD40 #6040CD

analogous

#CDA640 #ADCD40 #66CD40

triadic

#ADCD40 #40ADCD #CD40AD

tetradic

#ADCD40 #40CDA6 #6040CD #CD4066

square

#ADCD40 #40CDA6 #6040CD #CD4066

split-complementary

#ADCD40 #4066CD #A640CD

monochromatic

#61741E #89A52B #ADCD40 #C2DA71 #D7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ADCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#ADCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCD40

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCD40	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.167 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc7d',
    500: '#adcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcd40;
$custom-light: #c9dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.617,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79867,
    "c": 0.16693,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCD40

secondary

#45347D

accent

#46E269

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCD40

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

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