#ADE257#ADE257

#ADE257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.176 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE257
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -37.82, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 71.51, 121.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.1072 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.176 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1502, 63.9642, 18.9299)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE257 #8C57E2

analogous

#E2D257 #ADE257 #68E257

triadic

#ADE257 #57ADE2 #E257AD

tetradic

#ADE257 #57E2D2 #8C57E2 #E25768

square

#ADE257 #57E2D2 #8C57E2 #E25768

split-complementary

#ADE257 #5768E2 #D257E2

monochromatic

#6FA31C #93D725 #ADE257 #C6EB8B #E0F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#ADE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE257

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE257	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)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.176 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8c',
    500: '#ade257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade257;
$custom-light: #c9eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.878,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84869,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE257

secondary

#6238A5

accent

#13D35C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE257

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

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