#ADE281#ADE281

#ADE281 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE281
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(93, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(93, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 42.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -33.56, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 53.70, 128.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0923 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.138 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3916, 64.8608, 30.7344)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE281 #B681E2

analogous

#DDE281 #ADE281 #81E286

triadic

#ADE281 #81ADE2 #E281AD

tetradic

#ADE281 #81DDE2 #B681E2 #E28681

square

#ADE281 #81DDE2 #B681E2 #E28681

split-complementary

#ADE281 #8681E2 #E281DD

monochromatic

#6EBD2C #8DD74F #ADE281 #CDEDB3 #EEF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#ADE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE281

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE281	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eba7',
    500: '#ade281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade281;
$custom-light: #c7eba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.784,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE281

secondary

#894EBA

accent

#1BCA7B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF6

border

#D2D5D0

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE281

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

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