#ADE261#ADE261

#ADE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE261
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(85, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -36.97, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 67.52, 123.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.1041 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.168 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5874, 64.1391, 21.2326)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE261 #9661E2

analogous

#E2D661 #ADE261 #6CE261

triadic

#ADE261 #61ADE2 #E261AD

tetradic

#ADE261 #61E2D6 #9661E2 #E2616C

square

#ADE261 #61E2D6 #9661E2 #E2616C

split-complementary

#ADE261 #616CE2 #D661E2

monochromatic

#71A91F #92D92D #ADE261 #C8EB95 #E3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ADE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE261

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE261	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eb92',
    500: '#ade261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade261;
$custom-light: #c8eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.651,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84972,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE261

secondary

#6A3CAB

accent

#15D162

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE261

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

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