#ADD138#ADD138

#ADD138 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.177 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD138
RGB	rgb(173, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -32.07, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 74.56, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0941 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.177 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7484, 54.7706, 12.1657)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD138 #5C38D1

analogous

#D1A938 #ADD138 #60D138

triadic

#ADD138 #38ADD1 #D138AD

tetradic

#ADD138 #38D1A9 #5C38D1 #D13860

square

#ADD138 #38D1A9 #5C38D1 #D13860

split-complementary

#ADD138 #3860D1 #A938D1

monochromatic

#5F741B #88A626 #ADD138 #C1DC6A #D6E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#ADD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#ADD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD138

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD138	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.177 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9df79',
    500: '#add138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add138;
$custom-light: #c9df79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.118,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80725,
    "c": 0.17658,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD138

secondary

#43317C

accent

#42E669

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD138

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

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