#ADE179#ADE179

#ADE179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE179
RGB	rgb(173, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(90, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -34.05, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 56.71, 126.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0942 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.144 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6093, 64.1141, 27.9524)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE179 #AD79E1

analogous

#E1E179 #ADE179 #79E179

triadic

#ADE179 #79ADE1 #E179AD

tetradic

#ADE179 #79E1E1 #AD79E1 #E17979

square

#ADE179 #79E1E1 #AD79E1 #E17979

split-complementary

#ADE179 #7979E1 #E179E1

monochromatic

#70B729 #8ED647 #ADE179 #CCECAB #EAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#ADE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE179

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE179	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eaa1',
    500: '#ade179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade179;
$custom-light: #c7eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85049,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE179

secondary

#7F47B8

accent

#1ACB73

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE179

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

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