#ADD959#ADD959

#ADD959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.163 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD959
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -33.56, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 66.18, 120.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0953 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.163 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8497, 59.2307, 18.5717)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD959 #8559D9

analogous

#D9C559 #ADD959 #6DD959

triadic

#ADD959 #59ADD9 #D959AD

tetradic

#ADD959 #59D9C5 #8559D9 #D9596D

square

#ADD959 #59D9C5 #8559D9 #D9596D

split-complementary

#ADD959 #596DD9 #C559D9

monochromatic

#6E9522 #92C72E #ADD959 #C6E48B #DEF0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ADD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#ADD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD959

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD959	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.163 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e58c',
    500: '#add959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add959;
$custom-light: #c8e58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8283,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD959

secondary

#5C3C9A

accent

#42E67A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD959

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

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