#ADD42C#ADD42C

#ADD42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.186 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADD42C
RGBrgb(173, 212, 44)
HSLhsl(74, 66%, 50%)
HSVhsv(74, 79%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(18.4%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.70, -34.00, 71.72)
CIE-LCHlch(79.70, 79.37, 115.37°)
OKLaboklab(81.35% -0.1003 0.1568)
OKLCHoklch(81.35% 0.186 122.6)
XYZxyz(41.2323, 56.1529, 11.0488)
Luminance0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADD42C #532CD4
analogous
#D4A72C #ADD42C #59D42C
triadic
#ADD42C #2CADD4 #D42CAD
tetradic
#ADD42C #2CD4A7 #532CD4 #D42C59
square
#ADD42C #2CD4A7 #532CD4 #D42C59
split-complementary
#ADD42C #2C59D4 #A72CD4
monochromatic
#5A6F17 #84A221 #ADD42C #C1DE5F #D5E992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#ADD42C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23
#ADD42C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD42C
12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADD42C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADD42C1.001.7212.2312.23
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2321.001.001.00
##00000012.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C700
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC53E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6C9B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #add42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.186 122.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae174',
    500: '#add42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #add42c;
$custom-light: #cae174;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#add42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.929,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81346,
    "c": 0.18611,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADD42C
secondary
#3E2C78
accent
#3FE966
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF1
border
#D4D5CB
text
#141509
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD42C

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#ADD42C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva