#ADCD42#ADCD42

#ADCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.166 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCD42
RGB	rgb(173, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -29.63, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 69.31, 115.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0865 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.166 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0488, 52.9402, 13.2618)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCD42 #6242CD

analogous

#CDA742 #ADCD42 #67CD42

triadic

#ADCD42 #42ADCD #CD42AD

tetradic

#ADCD42 #42CDA7 #6242CD #CD4267

square

#ADCD42 #42CDA7 #6242CD #CD4267

split-complementary

#ADCD42 #4267CD #A742CD

monochromatic

#62761F #8AA62C #ADCD42 #C2DA72 #D7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ADCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#ADCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCD42

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCD42	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.166 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dc7e',
    500: '#adcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcd42;
$custom-light: #c9dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.813,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79883,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCD42

secondary

#46357E

accent

#46E16A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCD42

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

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