#ADD042#ADD042

#ADD042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.169 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD042
RGB	rgb(173, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -31.04, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 70.70, 116.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0904 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.169 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7733, 54.3892, 13.5033)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD042 #6542D0

analogous

#D0AC42 #ADD042 #66D042

triadic

#ADD042 #42ADD0 #D042AD

tetradic

#ADD042 #42D0AC #6542D0 #D04266

square

#ADD042 #42D0AC #6542D0 #D04266

split-complementary

#ADD042 #4266D0 #AC42D0

monochromatic

#63791E #8BAA2A #ADD042 #C2DC73 #D8E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#ADD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#ADD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD042

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD042	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.169 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9de7e',
    500: '#add042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add042;
$custom-light: #c9de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.789,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD042

secondary

#483581

accent

#44E36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD042

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

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