#ADCE42#ADCE42

#ADCE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.167 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCE42
RGB	rgb(173, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(74, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -30.11, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 69.77, 115.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0878 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.167 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2888, 53.4202, 13.3418)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCE42 #6342CE

analogous

#CEA942 #ADCE42 #67CE42

triadic

#ADCE42 #42ADCE #CE42AD

tetradic

#ADCE42 #42CEA9 #6342CE #CE4267

square

#ADCE42 #42CEA9 #6342CE #CE4267

split-complementary

#ADCE42 #4267CE #A942CE

monochromatic

#62771F #8AA72B #ADCE42 #C2DB73 #D7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#ADCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#ADCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCE42

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCE42	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.167 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd7e',
    500: '#adce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adce42;
$custom-light: #c9dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80111,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCE42

secondary

#46357F

accent

#46E26B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCE42

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

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