#ADDE56#ADDE56

#ADDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.172 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADDE56
RGB	rgb(173, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -36.09, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 69.90, 121.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.1026 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.172 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0346, 61.7980, 18.3579)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADDE56 #8756DE

analogous

#DECB56 #ADDE56 #69DE56

triadic

#ADDE56 #56ADDE #DE56AD

tetradic

#ADDE56 #56DECB #8756DE #DE5669

square

#ADDE56 #56DECB #8756DE #DE5669

split-complementary

#ADDE56 #5669DE #CB56DE

monochromatic

#6E9B1E #93CE28 #ADDE56 #C6E889 #DFF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ADDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#ADDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADDE56

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADDE56	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.172 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e88b',
    500: '#adde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adde56;
$custom-light: #c8e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83943,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADDE56

secondary

#5E399F

accent

#16CF59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADDE56

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

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