#ADD559#ADD559

#ADD559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.158 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD559
RGB	rgb(173, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -31.70, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 64.16, 119.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0901 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.158 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8311, 57.1936, 18.2322)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD559 #8159D5

analogous

#D5BF59 #ADD559 #6FD559

triadic

#ADD559 #59ADD5 #D559AD

tetradic

#ADD559 #59D5BF #8159D5 #D5596F

square

#ADD559 #59D5BF #8159D5 #D5596F

split-complementary

#ADD559 #596FD5 #BF59D5

monochromatic

#6D8F24 #92C031 #ADD559 #C5E18A #DDEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#ADD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#ADD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD559

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD559	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.158 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e28c',
    500: '#add559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add559;
$custom-light: #c8e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81918,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD559

secondary

#5A3D95

accent

#45E378

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD559

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

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