#ADDA55#ADDA55

#ADDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.168 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDA55
RGB	rgb(173, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -34.34, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 68.30, 120.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0978 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.168 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9448, 59.6824, 17.7972)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDA55 #8255DA

analogous

#DAC555 #ADDA55 #6BDA55

triadic

#ADDA55 #55ADDA #DA55AD

tetradic

#ADDA55 #55DAC5 #8255DA #DA556B

square

#ADDA55 #55DAC5 #8255DA #DA556B

split-complementary

#ADDA55 #556BDA #C555DA

monochromatic

#6D9420 #92C72B #ADDA55 #C5E587 #DDF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ADDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#ADDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDA55

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDA55	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.168 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e58a',
    500: '#adda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adda55;
$custom-light: #c8e58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.301,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDA55

secondary

#5A3A99

accent

#41E779

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDA55

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

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