#ADD42D#ADD42D

#ADD42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.186 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD42D
RGB	rgb(173, 212, 45)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -33.96, 71.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 79.10, 115.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.1001 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.186 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2513, 56.1605, 11.1490)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD42D #542DD4

analogous

#D4A72D #ADD42D #59D42D

triadic

#ADD42D #2DADD4 #D42DAD

tetradic

#ADD42D #2DD4A7 #542DD4 #D42D59

square

#ADD42D #2DD4A7 #542DD4 #D42D59

split-complementary

#ADD42D #2D59D4 #A72DD4

monochromatic

#5B7017 #84A321 #ADD42D #C1DE60 #D5E993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#ADD42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#ADD42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD42D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD42D	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)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 212, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.186 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae175',
    500: '#add42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add42d;
$custom-light: #cae175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.012,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.18566,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD42D

secondary

#3E2C79

accent

#3FE967

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD42D

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

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