#ADE265#ADE265

#ADE265 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.165 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE265
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(85, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -36.60, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 65.87, 123.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.1027 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.165 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7786, 64.2156, 22.2397)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE265 #9A65E2

analogous

#E2D965 #ADE265 #6FE265

triadic

#ADE265 #65ADE2 #E265AD

tetradic

#ADE265 #65E2D9 #9A65E2 #E2656F

square

#ADE265 #65E2D9 #9A65E2 #E2656F

split-complementary

#ADE265 #656FE2 #D965E2

monochromatic

#71AC20 #92D831 #ADE265 #C8EC99 #E4F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ADE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#ADE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE265

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE265	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.165 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eb94',
    500: '#ade265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade265;
$custom-light: #c8eb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.44,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85017,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE265

secondary

#6D3DAE

accent

#15D065

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE265

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

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