#ADD940#ADD940

#ADD940 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.181 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD940
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(77, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(77, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -35.32, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 75.57, 117.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.1023 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.181 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9722, 58.8797, 13.9505)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD940 #6C40D9

analogous

#D9B940 #ADD940 #60D940

triadic

#ADD940 #40ADD9 #D940AD

tetradic

#ADD940 #40D9B9 #6C40D9 #D94060

square

#ADD940 #40D9B9 #6C40D9 #D94060

split-complementary

#ADD940 #4060D9 #B940D9

monochromatic

#66841A #8DB724 #ADD940 #C3E373 #D9EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ADD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#ADD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD940

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD940	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.181 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e57e',
    500: '#add940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add940;
$custom-light: #c9e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82612,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD940

secondary

#4C328B

accent

#3EEA6F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD940

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

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