#adc049

Color #adc049

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 18.55 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#adc049

RGB

rgb(173, 192, 73)

HSL

hsl(69.6, 48.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.6, 62%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(74.23, -22.91, 56.03)

LCH

lch(74.23, 60.53, 112.24)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.1447, 117.63)

HWB

hwb(69.6, 28.6%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c49c0

Analogous

#c09849

#adc049

#72c049

Triadic

#adc049

#49adc0

#c049ad

Split-complementary

#adc049

#4972c0

#9849c0

Tetradic

#adc049

#49c05c

#5c49c0

#c049ad

Square

#adc049

#49c098

#5c49c0

#c04972

Shades

Color #adc049 mixed toward black.

#93a439

#76832d

#586322

#3b4217

#1d210b

Tints

Color #adc049 mixed toward white.

#bbcb67

#c8d586

#d6e0a4

#e4eac2

#f1f5e1

Tones

Color #adc049 mixed toward gray.

#a6b653

#a0ac5d

#99a267

#929871

#8b8f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b675 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#b4b37d · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#ae8d92 · ΔE 39.3

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 25.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #adc049;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adc049]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adc049 (#adc049) is rgb(173, 192, 73) in RGB.

No, #adc049 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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