#ADDA36#ADDA36

#ADDA36 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.188 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDA36
RGB	rgb(173, 218, 54)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 75.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -36.30, 70.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 79.19, 117.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.1058 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.188 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9713, 59.2930, 12.6701)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDA36 #6336DA

analogous

#DAB536 #ADDA36 #5BDA36

triadic

#ADDA36 #36ADDA #DA36AD

tetradic

#ADDA36 #36DAB5 #6336DA #DA365B

square

#ADDA36 #36DAB5 #6336DA #DA365B

split-complementary

#ADDA36 #365BDA #B536DA

monochromatic

#627E17 #8AB221 #ADDA36 #C2E46A #D7ED9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ADDA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#ADDA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDA36

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDA36	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adda36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 218, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.188 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae579',
    500: '#adda36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adda36;
$custom-light: #cae579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adda36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.463,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.18816,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDA36

secondary

#462F86

accent

#3CEC6C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDA36

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

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