#ADD159#ADD159

#ADD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.153 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD159
RGB	rgb(173, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -29.83, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 62.13, 118.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0849 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.153 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8374, 55.2062, 17.9010)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD159 #7D59D1

analogous

#D1B959 #ADD159 #71D159

triadic

#ADD159 #59ADD1 #D159AD

tetradic

#ADD159 #59D1B9 #7D59D1 #D15971

square

#ADD159 #59D1B9 #7D59D1 #D15971

split-complementary

#ADD159 #5971D1 #B959D1

monochromatic

#6C8926 #91B933 #ADD159 #C5DE89 #DCECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ADD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#ADD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD159

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD159	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.153 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8df8c',
    500: '#add159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add159;
$custom-light: #c8df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81008,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD159

secondary

#573E90

accent

#48E076

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD159

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

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