#ADD238#ADD238

#ADD238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.178 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD238
RGB	rgb(173, 210, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -32.54, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 75.01, 115.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0953 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.178 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9946, 55.2628, 12.2477)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD238 #5D38D2

analogous

#D2AA38 #ADD238 #60D238

triadic

#ADD238 #38ADD2 #D238AD

tetradic

#ADD238 #38D2AA #5D38D2 #D23860

square

#ADD238 #38D2AA #5D38D2 #D23860

split-complementary

#ADD238 #3860D2 #AA38D2

monochromatic

#5F751A #88A726 #ADD238 #C2DD6A #D6E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ADD238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#ADD238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD238

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD238	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.178 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9df79',
    500: '#add238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add238;
$custom-light: #c9df79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.416,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80954,
    "c": 0.17774,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD238

secondary

#43317E

accent

#42E669

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD238

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

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