#ADE556#ADE556

#ADE556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.181 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE556
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -39.24, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 73.40, 122.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.1112 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.181 128)
XYZ	xyz(46.9325, 65.5938, 18.9905)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE556 #8E56E5

analogous

#E5D656 #ADE556 #66E556

triadic

#ADE556 #56ADE5 #E556AD

tetradic

#ADE556 #56E5D6 #8E56E5 #E55666

square

#ADE556 #56E5D6 #8E56E5 #E55666

split-complementary

#ADE556 #5666E5 #D656E5

monochromatic

#70A71A #93DC22 #ADE556 #C7ED8B #E0F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ADE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE556

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE556	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.181 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ed8b',
    500: '#ade556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade556;
$custom-light: #c9ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.497,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85548,
    "c": 0.18083,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.65595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE556

secondary

#6336A9

accent

#10D55D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE556

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

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