#ADE462#ADE462

#ADE462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.170 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE462
RGB	rgb(173, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -37.78, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 68.15, 123.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.1062 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.17 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1813, 65.2519, 21.6620)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE462 #9962E4

analogous

#E4DA62 #ADE462 #6CE462

triadic

#ADE462 #62ADE4 #E462AD

tetradic

#ADE462 #62E4DA #9962E4 #E4626C

square

#ADE462 #62E4DA #9962E4 #E4626C

split-complementary

#ADE462 #626CE4 #DA62E4

monochromatic

#71AE1E #92DB2E #ADE462 #C8ED96 #E4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#ADE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE462

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE462	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	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)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ec93',
    500: '#ade462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade462;
$custom-light: #c8ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.385,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85441,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE462

secondary

#6C3BAF

accent

#13D364

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE462

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

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