#ADE169#ADE169

#ADE169 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.160 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE169
RGB	rgb(173, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(86, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -35.77, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 63.66, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.1001 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.16 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7083, 63.7537, 23.2067)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE169 #9D69E1

analogous

#E1D969 #ADE169 #71E169

triadic

#ADE169 #69ADE1 #E169AD

tetradic

#ADE169 #69E1D9 #9D69E1 #E16971

square

#ADE169 #69E1D9 #9D69E1 #E16971

split-complementary

#ADE169 #6971E1 #D969E1

monochromatic

#71AD23 #91D736 #ADE169 #C9EB9C #E5F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ADE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#ADE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE169

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE169	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.160 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ea97',
    500: '#ade169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade169;
$custom-light: #c8ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE169

secondary

#7040AF

accent

#17CF67

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE169

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

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