#ADE16B#ADE16B
#ADE16B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.158 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADE16B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 225, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 66%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 52%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.86, -35.57, 51.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.86, 62.81, 124.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.86% -0.0994 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.86% 0.158 129) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8123, 63.7953, 23.7545) |
| Luminance | 0.6380 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 5.33
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 5.51
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 5.70
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 5.71
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 5.89
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 6.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADE16B #9F6BE1
analogous
#E1DA6B #ADE16B #72E16B
triadic
#ADE16B #6BADE1 #E16BAD
tetradic
#ADE16B #6BE1DA #9F6BE1 #E16B72
square
#ADE16B #6BE1DA #9F6BE1 #E16B72
split-complementary
#ADE16B #6B72E1 #DA6BE1
monochromatic
#71AE23 #91D738 #ADE16B #C9EB9E #E5F6D1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#ADE16B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.76
#ADE16B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADE16B
13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADE16B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADE16B | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.76 | 13.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD360
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D072
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1D8C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ade16b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 225, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.158 129.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8ea98',
500: '#ade16b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ade16b; $custom-light: #c8ea98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ade16b",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 225,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.441,
"s": 66.292,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84861,
"c": 0.15786,
"h": 129
},
"luminance": 0.63796
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADE16B
secondary
#7140B0
accent
#17CE68
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF5
border
#D3D5CF
text
#13160E
muted
#83847F