#ADCD49#ADCD49

#ADCD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.161 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCD49
RGB	rgb(173, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(75, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(75, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -29.18, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 66.67, 115.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0846 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.161 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2680, 53.0279, 14.4160)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCD49 #6949CD

analogous

#CDAB49 #ADCD49 #6BCD49

triadic

#ADCD49 #49ADCD #CD49AD

tetradic

#ADCD49 #49CDAB #6949CD #CD496B

square

#ADCD49 #49CDAB #6949CD #CD496B

split-complementary

#ADCD49 #496BCD #AB49CD

monochromatic

#657A22 #8CAA2F #ADCD49 #C3DA79 #D8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#ADCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#ADCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCD49

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCD49	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.161 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dc82',
    500: '#adcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcd49;
$custom-light: #c8dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79941,
    "c": 0.16058,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCD49

secondary

#4A3882

accent

#48E06D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCD49

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

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