#ADDA38#ADDA38

#ADDA38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.187 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDA38
RGB	rgb(173, 218, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -36.20, 69.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 78.59, 117.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.1054 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.187 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0192, 59.3122, 12.9226)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDA38 #6538DA

analogous

#DAB638 #ADDA38 #5CDA38

triadic

#ADDA38 #38ADDA #DA38AD

tetradic

#ADDA38 #38DAB6 #6538DA #DA385C

square

#ADDA38 #38DAB6 #6538DA #DA385C

split-complementary

#ADDA38 #385CDA #B638DA

monochromatic

#638018 #8BB321 #ADDA38 #C2E46C #D8ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ADDA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#ADDA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDA38

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDA38	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)

#E6CC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adda38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 218, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.187 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e57a',
    500: '#adda38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adda38;
$custom-light: #c9e57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adda38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8279,
    "c": 0.18709,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDA38

secondary

#482F87

accent

#3CEB6D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDA38

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

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