#ADE16D#ADE16D

#ADE16D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.156 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE16D
RGB	rgb(173, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(87, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -35.36, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 61.95, 124.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0986 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.156 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9187, 63.8379, 24.3150)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE16D #A16DE1

analogous

#E1DB6D #ADE16D #73E16D

triadic

#ADE16D #6DADE1 #E16DAD

tetradic

#ADE16D #6DE1DB #A16DE1 #E16D73

square

#ADE16D #6DE1DB #A16DE1 #E16D73

split-complementary

#ADE16D #6D73E1 #DB6DE1

monochromatic

#71B024 #90D73A #ADE16D #CAEBA0 #E6F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ADE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#ADE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE16D

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE16D	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.156 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ea9a',
    500: '#ade16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade16d;
$custom-light: #c8ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.897,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84886,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE16D

secondary

#7341B1

accent

#18CE69

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE16D

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

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