#ADD42A#ADD42A

#ADD42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.187 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD42A
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -34.08, 72.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 79.88, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.1006 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.187 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1956, 56.1382, 10.8555)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD42A #512AD4

analogous

#D4A62A #ADD42A #58D42A

triadic

#ADD42A #2AADD4 #D42AAD

tetradic

#ADD42A #2AD4A6 #512AD4 #D42A58

square

#ADD42A #2AD4A6 #512AD4 #D42A58

split-complementary

#ADD42A #2A58D4 #A62AD4

monochromatic

#5A6E16 #83A120 #ADD42A #C1DF5C #D4E98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ADD42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#ADD42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD42A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD42A	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.187 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae173',
    500: '#add42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add42a;
$custom-light: #cae173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.765,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81337,
    "c": 0.18697,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD42A

secondary

#3D2B77

accent

#3EEA65

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD42A

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

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