#ADE557#ADE557

#ADE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.180 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE557
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -39.16, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 73.02, 122.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.1109 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.18 128)
XYZ	xyz(46.9731, 65.6100, 19.2042)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE557 #8F57E5

analogous

#E5D657 #ADE557 #66E557

triadic

#ADE557 #57ADE5 #E557AD

tetradic

#ADE557 #57E5D6 #8F57E5 #E55766

square

#ADE557 #57E5D6 #8F57E5 #E55766

split-complementary

#ADE557 #5766E5 #D657E5

monochromatic

#70A81A #93DD22 #ADE557 #C7ED8C #E1F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#ADE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE557

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE557	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)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.180 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ed8c',
    500: '#ade557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade557;
$custom-light: #c9ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.662,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85558,
    "c": 0.18007,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.65611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE557

secondary

#6437AA

accent

#10D55E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE557

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

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