#ADD938#ADD938

#ADD938 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.186 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD938
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -35.75, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 78.14, 117.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1042 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.186 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7607, 58.7951, 12.8364)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD938 #6438D9

analogous

#D9B538 #ADD938 #5CD938

triadic

#ADD938 #38ADD9 #D938AD

tetradic

#ADD938 #38D9B5 #6438D9 #D9385C

square

#ADD938 #38D9B5 #6438D9 #D9385C

split-complementary

#ADD938 #385CD9 #B538D9

monochromatic

#627E18 #8BB222 #ADD938 #C2E36B #D7ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ADD938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#ADD938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD938

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD938	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.186 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e57a',
    500: '#add938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add938;
$custom-light: #c9e57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.398,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8256,
    "c": 0.18592,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD938

secondary

#473086

accent

#3DEB6C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD938

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

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