#ADE55B#ADE55B
#ADE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.177 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADE55B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 229, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.83, -38.84, 59.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.83, 71.46, 122.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.6% -0.1097 0.1388) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.6% 0.177 128.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1410, 65.6772, 20.0888) |
| Luminance | 0.6568 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.96
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.15
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 5.16
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.16
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 5.37
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADE55B #935BE5
analogous
#E5D85B #ADE55B #68E55B
triadic
#ADE55B #5BADE5 #E55BAD
tetradic
#ADE55B #5BE5D8 #935BE5 #E55B68
square
#ADE55B #5BE5D8 #935BE5 #E55B68
split-complementary
#ADE55B #5B68E5 #D85BE5
monochromatic
#70AB1B #93DD26 #ADE55B #C7ED90 #E2F6C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#ADE55B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.14
#ADE55B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADE55B
14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADE55B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADE55B | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.14 | 14.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD64B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D365
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2DBC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ade55b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.177 128.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9ed8e',
500: '#ade55b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ade55b; $custom-light: #c9ed8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ade55b",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 229,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 84.348,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85597,
"c": 0.17694,
"h": 128.3
},
"luminance": 0.65678
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADE55B
secondary
#6738AC
accent
#11D560
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF4
border
#D4D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F