#ADD256#ADD256

#ADD256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.157 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD256
RGB	rgb(173, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(78, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -30.55, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 63.89, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0872 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.157 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9601, 55.6490, 17.3330)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD256 #7B56D2

analogous

#D2B956 #ADD256 #6FD256

triadic

#ADD256 #56ADD2 #D256AD

tetradic

#ADD256 #56D2B9 #7B56D2 #D2566F

square

#ADD256 #56D2B9 #7B56D2 #D2566F

split-complementary

#ADD256 #566FD2 #B956D2

monochromatic

#6B8925 #91B931 #ADD256 #C4DF86 #DCECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#ADD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#ADD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD256

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD256	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.157 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e08a',
    500: '#add256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add256;
$custom-light: #c8e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.903,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD256

secondary

#553D90

accent

#47E175

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD256

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

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