#ADE159#ADE159

#ADE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.173 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE159
RGB	rgb(173, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -37.21, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 70.23, 121.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.1054 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.173 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9619, 63.4551, 19.2758)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE159 #8D59E1

analogous

#E1D159 #ADE159 #69E159

triadic

#ADE159 #59ADE1 #E159AD

tetradic

#ADE159 #59E1D1 #8D59E1 #E15969

square

#ADE159 #59E1D1 #8D59E1 #E15969

split-complementary

#ADE159 #5969E1 #D159E1

monochromatic

#6FA21D #93D627 #ADE159 #C7EA8D #E0F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ADE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#ADE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE159

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE159	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.173 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ea8d',
    500: '#ade159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade159;
$custom-light: #c8ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.941,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8466,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE159

secondary

#6239A5

accent

#14D15C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE159

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

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