#ADD996#ADD996

#ADD996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.101 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADD996
RGB	rgb(173, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(99, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(99, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -26.45, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 38.86, 132.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0719 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.101 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5502, 60.7109, 38.0614)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADD996 #C296D9

analogous

#CFD996 #ADD996 #96D9A1

triadic

#ADD996 #96ADD9 #D996AD

tetradic

#ADD996 #96CFD9 #C296D9 #D9A196

square

#ADD996 #96CFD9 #C296D9 #D9A196

split-complementary

#ADD996 #A196D9 #D996CF

monochromatic

#68B441 #8AC969 #ADD996 #D0E9C3 #EDF7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ADD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#ADD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADD996

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADD996	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #add996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.101 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e5b5',
    500: '#add996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #add996;
$custom-light: #c6e5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#add996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.403,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8374,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADD996

secondary

#9663B0

accent

#2BBA89

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FCF8

border

#D2D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADD996

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

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