#ADE251#ADE251

#ADE251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.181 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE251
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(82, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -38.27, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 73.80, 121.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.109 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.181 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9152, 63.8702, 17.6921)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE251 #8651E2

analogous

#E2CF51 #ADE251 #64E251

triadic

#ADE251 #51ADE2 #E251AD

tetradic

#ADE251 #51E2CF #8651E2 #E25164

square

#ADE251 #51E2CF #8651E2 #E25164

split-complementary

#ADE251 #5164E2 #CF51E2

monochromatic

#6E9E1A #93D323 #ADE251 #C6EB85 #DEF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#ADE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE251

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE251	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#EDD33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.181 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb88',
    500: '#ade251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade251;
$custom-light: #c9eb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84814,
    "c": 0.18078,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE251

secondary

#5D36A1

accent

#12D359

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE251

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

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