#ADE256#ADE256

#ADE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.177 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE256
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -37.90, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 71.90, 121.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.1075 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.177 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1096, 63.9480, 18.7162)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE256 #8B56E2

analogous

#E2D156 #ADE256 #67E256

triadic

#ADE256 #56ADE2 #E256AD

tetradic

#ADE256 #56E2D1 #8B56E2 #E25667

square

#ADE256 #56E2D1 #8B56E2 #E25667

split-complementary

#ADE256 #5667E2 #D156E2

monochromatic

#6FA21C #93D625 #ADE256 #C6EB8A #E0F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#ADE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE256

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE256	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.177 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8b',
    500: '#ade256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade256;
$custom-light: #c9eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8486,
    "c": 0.17702,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE256

secondary

#6138A5

accent

#13D35B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE256

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

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