#ADDD57#ADDD57

#ADDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.170 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDD57
RGB	rgb(173, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -35.55, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 69.01, 121.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.101 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.17 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8104, 61.2846, 18.4833)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDD57 #8757DD

analogous

#DDCA57 #ADDD57 #6ADD57

triadic

#ADDD57 #57ADDD #DD57AD

tetradic

#ADDD57 #57DDCA #8757DD #DD576A

square

#ADDD57 #57DDCA #8757DD #DD576A

split-complementary

#ADDD57 #576ADD #CA57DD

monochromatic

#6E9A1F #93CD2A #ADDD57 #C6E78A #DFF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#ADDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#ADDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDD57

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDD57	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #addd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.170 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e78b',
    500: '#addd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #addd57;
$custom-light: #c8e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#addd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83724,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDD57

secondary

#5E3A9E

accent

#17CE59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDD57

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

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