#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
RGBrgb(173, 212, 42)
HSLhsl(74, 67%, 50%)
HSVhsv(74, 80%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(18.4%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.69, -34.08, 72.25)
CIE-LCHlch(79.69, 79.88, 115.25°)
OKLaboklab(81.34% -0.1006 0.1576)
OKLCHoklch(81.34% 0.187 122.5)
XYZxyz(41.1956, 56.1382, 10.8555)
Luminance0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##ADD42A1.001.7212.2312.23
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2321.001.001.00
##00000012.2321.001.001.00

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

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#ADD42A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva