#ADE259#ADE259

#ADE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.175 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE259
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -37.66, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 70.73, 122.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.1066 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.175 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2330, 63.9974, 19.3662)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE259 #8E59E2

analogous

#E2D359 #ADE259 #69E259

triadic

#ADE259 #59ADE2 #E259AD

tetradic

#ADE259 #59E2D3 #8E59E2 #E25969

square

#ADE259 #59E2D3 #8E59E2 #E25969

split-complementary

#ADE259 #5969E2 #D359E2

monochromatic

#70A41D #93D826 #ADE259 #C7EB8D #E0F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#ADE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE259

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE259	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.175 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8d',
    500: '#ade259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade259;
$custom-light: #c9eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.212,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84889,
    "c": 0.17467,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE259

secondary

#6339A6

accent

#13D25D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE259

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

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