#ADCD59#ADCD59

#ADCD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.147 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCD59
RGB	rgb(173, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -27.93, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 60.11, 117.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0796 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.147 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8683, 53.2680, 17.5780)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCD59 #7959CD

analogous

#CDB359 #ADCD59 #73CD59

triadic

#ADCD59 #59ADCD #CD59AD

tetradic

#ADCD59 #59CDB3 #7959CD #CD5973

square

#ADCD59 #59CDB3 #7959CD #CD5973

split-complementary

#ADCD59 #5973CD #B359CD

monochromatic

#6A8428 #90B336 #ADCD59 #C4DB88 #DBE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ADCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#ADCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCD59

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCD59	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.147 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8dc8c',
    500: '#adcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcd59;
$custom-light: #c8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.552,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.801,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCD59

secondary

#543F8B

accent

#4BDD73

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCD59

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

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