#ADE55C#ADE55C

#ADE55C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.176 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE55C
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -38.75, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 71.07, 123.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.1094 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.176 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1845, 65.6946, 20.3175)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE55C #945CE5

analogous

#E5D95C #ADE55C #68E55C

triadic

#ADE55C #5CADE5 #E55CAD

tetradic

#ADE55C #5CE5D9 #945CE5 #E55C68

square

#ADE55C #5CE5D9 #945CE5 #E55C68

split-complementary

#ADE55C #5C68E5 #D95CE5

monochromatic

#70AB1B #92DD27 #ADE55C #C8ED91 #E2F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ADE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#ADE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE55C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE55C	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)

#EFD64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.176 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ed8f',
    500: '#ade55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade55c;
$custom-light: #c9ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.526,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85607,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE55C

secondary

#6838AD

accent

#11D561

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE55C

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

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