#ADDB59#ADDB59

#ADDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.166 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDB59
RGB	rgb(173, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -34.48, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 67.20, 120.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0978 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.166 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3683, 60.2680, 18.7446)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDB59 #8759DB

analogous

#DBC859 #ADDB59 #6CDB59

triadic

#ADDB59 #59ADDB #DB59AD

tetradic

#ADDB59 #59DBC8 #8759DB #DB596C

square

#ADDB59 #59DBC8 #8759DB #DB596C

split-complementary

#ADDB59 #596CDB #C859DB

monochromatic

#6E9921 #93CB2C #ADDB59 #C6E68B #DFF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ADDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#ADDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDB59

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDB59	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.166 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e68d',
    500: '#addb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addb59;
$custom-light: #c8e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.231,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83287,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDB59

secondary

#5E3B9D

accent

#19CC59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDB59

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

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