#ADCF38#ADCF38

#ADCF38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.174 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCF38
RGB	rgb(173, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -31.14, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 73.67, 115.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0915 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.174 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2608, 53.7954, 12.0031)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCF38 #5A38CF

analogous

#CFA638 #ADCF38 #62CF38

triadic

#ADCF38 #38ADCF #CF38AD

tetradic

#ADCF38 #38CFA6 #5A38CF #CF3862

square

#ADCF38 #38CFA6 #5A38CF #CF3862

split-complementary

#ADCF38 #3862CF #A638CF

monochromatic

#5E711B #87A327 #ADCF38 #C1DB69 #D6E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#ADCF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#ADCF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCF38

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCF38	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adcf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.174 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9dd79',
    500: '#adcf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adcf38;
$custom-light: #c9dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adcf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.51,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.17424,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCF38

secondary

#41317A

accent

#44E468

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCF38

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

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