#adc11b

Color #adc11b

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#adc11b

RGB

rgb(173, 193, 27)

HSL

hsl(67.2, 75.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.2, 86%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 86%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(74.26, -25.6, 71.13)

LCH

lch(74.26, 75.6, 109.79)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.1718, 117.12)

HWB

hwb(67.2, 10.6%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f1bc1

Analogous

#c1821b

#adc11b

#5ac11b

Triadic

#adc11b

#1badc1

#c11bad

Split-complementary

#adc11b

#1b5ac1

#821bc1

Tetradic

#adc11b

#1bc12f

#2f1bc1

#c11bad

Square

#adc11b

#1bc182

#2f1bc1

#c11b5a

Shades

Color #adc11b mixed toward black.

#90a116

#738112

#56600d

#3a4009

#1d2004

Tints

Color #adc11b mixed toward white.

#cbe12b

#d6e755

#e0ed80

#eaf3aa

#f5f9d5

Tones

Color #adc11b mixed toward gray.

#a2b329

#98a537

#8d9744

#838a52

#787c60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b668 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#b5b372 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#ae868b · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adc11b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adc11b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#adc11b (#adc11b) is rgb(173, 193, 27) in RGB.

No, #adc11b 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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