#ADD859#ADD859

#ADD859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.162 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD859
RGB	rgb(173, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -33.10, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 65.68, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.094 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.162 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5927, 58.7168, 18.4861)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD859 #8459D8

analogous

#D8C459 #ADD859 #6ED859

triadic

#ADD859 #59ADD8 #D859AD

tetradic

#ADD859 #59D8C4 #8459D8 #D8596E

square

#ADD859 #59D8C4 #8459D8 #D8596E

split-complementary

#ADD859 #596ED8 #C459D8

monochromatic

#6E9423 #92C52E #ADD859 #C5E48B #DEEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ADD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#ADD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD859

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD859	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.162 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e48c',
    500: '#add859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add859;
$custom-light: #c8e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.315,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82602,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD859

secondary

#5C3C99

accent

#43E57A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD859

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

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