#ADE22B#ADE22B

#ADE22B is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.202 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE22B
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 43)
HSL	hsl(77, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -40.34, 75.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 85.62, 118.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.1175 0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.202 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8664, 63.4507, 12.1685)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE22B #602BE2

analogous

#E2BB2B #ADE22B #51E22B

triadic

#ADE22B #2BADE2 #E22BAD

tetradic

#ADE22B #2BE2BB #602BE2 #E22B51

square

#ADE22B #2BE2BB #602BE2 #E22B51

split-complementary

#ADE22B #2B51E2 #BB2BE2

monochromatic

#618112 #89B719 #ADE22B #C2E961 #D7F197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ADE22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#ADE22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE22B

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE22B	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)

#EFD300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.202 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caeb76',
    500: '#ade22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade22b;
$custom-light: #caeb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.377,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84566,
    "c": 0.20238,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE22B

secondary

#452A88

accent

#35F36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#14160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE22B

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

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