#ADDA51#ADDA51

#ADDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.171 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDA51
RGB	rgb(173, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -34.65, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 69.87, 119.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.099 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.171 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7904, 59.6206, 16.9839)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDA51 #7E51DA

analogous

#DAC251 #ADDA51 #68DA51

triadic

#ADDA51 #51ADDA #DA51AD

tetradic

#ADDA51 #51DAC2 #7E51DA #DA5168

square

#ADDA51 #51DAC2 #7E51DA #DA5168

split-complementary

#ADDA51 #5168DA #C251DA

monochromatic

#6C921F #91C42A #ADDA51 #C5E583 #DDEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ADDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#ADDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDA51

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDA51	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.171 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e588',
    500: '#adda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adda51;
$custom-light: #c9e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.708,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8298,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDA51

secondary

#573997

accent

#40E877

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDA51

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

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