#ADE461#ADE461

#ADE461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.171 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE461
RGB	rgb(173, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -37.87, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 68.56, 123.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.1065 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.171 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1344, 65.2331, 21.4149)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE461 #9861E4

analogous

#E4D961 #ADE461 #6BE461

triadic

#ADE461 #61ADE4 #E461AD

tetradic

#ADE461 #61E4D9 #9861E4 #E4616B

square

#ADE461 #61E4D9 #9861E4 #E4616B

split-complementary

#ADE461 #616BE4 #D961E4

monochromatic

#71AD1E #92DB2D #ADE461 #C8ED95 #E3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ADE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#ADE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE461

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE461	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.171 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ec92',
    500: '#ade461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade461;
$custom-light: #c8ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.191,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8543,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE461

secondary

#6B3BAE

accent

#13D363

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE461

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

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