#ADD242#ADD242

#ADD242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.172 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD242
RGB	rgb(173, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(75, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -31.98, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 71.63, 116.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.093 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.172 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2640, 55.3706, 13.6669)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD242 #6742D2

analogous

#D2AF42 #ADD242 #65D242

triadic

#ADD242 #42ADD2 #D242AD

tetradic

#ADD242 #42D2AF #6742D2 #D24265

square

#ADD242 #42D2AF #6742D2 #D24265

split-complementary

#ADD242 #4265D2 #AF42D2

monochromatic

#647C1E #8CAD29 #ADD242 #C2DE73 #D8EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#ADD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#ADD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD242

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD242	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.172 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9df7f',
    500: '#add242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add242;
$custom-light: #c9df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81024,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD242

secondary

#493484

accent

#43E56D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD242

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

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