#ADD607

sRGB · 173 / 214 / 7

#ADD607 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 173 red, 214 green and 7 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 71.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 93.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 173, 214, 7
HSL: 71.88°, 93.67%, 43.33%
HSV / HSB: 71.88°, 96.73%, 83.92%
CMYK (approx.): 19.16%, 0.00%, 96.73%, 16.08%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 41.317, 56.992, 9.025
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.175, -35.784, 78.624
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56993
24-bit decimal: 11392519

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ADD607 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 12.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.69:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3007D6 sits half a turn (180°) from #ADD607 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ADD607 #3007D6

Analogous

#D69807 and #45D607 sit 30° to either side of #ADD607. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D69807 #ADD607 #45D607

Triadic

#ADD607, #07ADD6 and #D607AD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ADD607 #07ADD6 #D607AD

Split complementary

Start at #ADD607 and look across the wheel. #0746D6 and #9807D6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ADD607 #0746D6 #9807D6

Square

Starting with #ADD607, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #07D698, #3007D6, then #D60746. Across the square, #ADD607 pairs with #3007D6, and #07D698 with #D60746.

#ADD607 #07D698 #3007D6 #D60746

Tetradic

#ADD607 and #3007D6 are opposites, as are #07D630 and #D607AD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ADD607 #07D630 #3007D6 #D607AD

Tints

Mixing #ADD607 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDDE39, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFF7CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#ADD607 #BDDE39 #CEE66A #DEEF9C #EFF7CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ADD607 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8AAB06, keeps 80% of the original. By #232B01, the mixture is 80% black.

#ADD607 #8AAB06 #688004 #455603 #232B01 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ADD607 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4C51F, keeps 80% of the original. By #899168, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ADD607 #A4C51F #9BB437 #92A250 #899168 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ADD607

RGB

rgb(173 214 7)

HSL

hsl(71.884 93.665% 43.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ADD607;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ADD607 uses 173 red, 214 green and 7 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.8%

Green 83.9%

Blue 2.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ADD607 is 19.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 96.7% yellow and 16.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 96.7%

Black 16.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AADD00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AD0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ADD607 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #AADD00 Nearest web-safe · #99CC00

Gradient to complement

#ADD607 #98B42A #83914C #6F6F6F #5A4C91 #452AB4 #3007D6

Color vision previews

Compare how #ADD607 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E3C800

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DEC72D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B7CAB6

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D3CD00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1CC22

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B2D273

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C7C7C7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BACF92

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.41789 G 0.67244 B 0.00212

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.71049 G 0.83452 B 0.26655

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.46308 G 0.66399 B 0.05776

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.385 y 0.531 Y 56.992

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.157 M % 16.078 Y % 97.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101101 11010110 00000111