#ADDD56#ADDD56

#ADDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.171 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDD56
RGB	rgb(173, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -35.64, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 69.40, 120.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.1013 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.171 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7698, 61.2684, 18.2696)
Luminance	0.6127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDD56 #8656DD

analogous

#DDC956 #ADDD56 #6ADD56

triadic

#ADDD56 #56ADDD #DD56AD

tetradic

#ADDD56 #56DDC9 #8656DD #DD566A

square

#ADDD56 #56DDC9 #8656DD #DD566A

split-complementary

#ADDD56 #566ADD #C956DD

monochromatic

#6E9A1F #93CD29 #ADDD56 #C6E789 #DEF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#ADDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDD56

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDD56	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.171 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e78b',
    500: '#addd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addd56;
$custom-light: #c8e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDD56

secondary

#5D3A9E

accent

#17CE58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDD56

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

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