#ADD957#ADD957

#ADD957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.165 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD957
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(80, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -33.72, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 67.00, 120.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0959 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.165 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7668, 59.1976, 18.1354)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD957 #8357D9

analogous

#D9C457 #ADD957 #6CD957

triadic

#ADD957 #57ADD9 #D957AD

tetradic

#ADD957 #57D9C4 #8357D9 #D9576C

square

#ADD957 #57D9C4 #8357D9 #D9576C

split-complementary

#ADD957 #576CD9 #C457D9

monochromatic

#6D9421 #92C62D #ADD957 #C5E489 #DEF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ADD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#ADD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD957

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD957	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.165 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e58b',
    500: '#add957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add957;
$custom-light: #c8e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8281,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD957

secondary

#5B3B99

accent

#42E679

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD957

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

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