#ADE460#ADE460

#ADE460 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.172 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE460
RGB	rgb(173, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -37.96, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 68.96, 123.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.1069 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.172 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0881, 65.2146, 21.1709)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE460 #9760E4

analogous

#E4D960 #ADE460 #6BE460

triadic

#ADE460 #60ADE4 #E460AD

tetradic

#ADE460 #60E4D9 #9760E4 #E4606B

square

#ADE460 #60E4D9 #9760E4 #E4606B

split-complementary

#ADE460 #606BE4 #D960E4

monochromatic

#71AC1D #92DB2C #ADE460 #C8ED94 #E3F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADE460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#ADE460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE460

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE460	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.172 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ec91',
    500: '#ade460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade460;
$custom-light: #c8ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85419,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE460

secondary

#6A3AAE

accent

#13D363

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE460

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

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