#ADE459#ADE459

#ADE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.177 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE459
RGB	rgb(173, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -38.55, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 71.74, 122.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.1091 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.177 128)
XYZ	xyz(46.7800, 65.0914, 19.5485)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE459 #9059E4

analogous

#E4D659 #ADE459 #68E459

triadic

#ADE459 #59ADE4 #E459AD

tetradic

#ADE459 #59E4D6 #9059E4 #E45968

square

#ADE459 #59E4D6 #9059E4 #E45968

split-complementary

#ADE459 #5968E4 #D659E4

monochromatic

#70A71B #93DB24 #ADE459 #C7ED8E #E1F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#ADE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE459

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE459	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.177 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ec8d',
    500: '#ade459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade459;
$custom-light: #c9ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.741,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85347,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.65092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE459

secondary

#6538A9

accent

#11D45E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE459

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

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