#ADE55D#ADE55D

#ADE55D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.175 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE55D
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -38.67, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 70.67, 123.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.1091 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.175 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2285, 65.7122, 20.5493)
Luminance	0.6571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE55D #955DE5

analogous

#E5D95D #ADE55D #69E55D

triadic

#ADE55D #5DADE5 #E55DAD

tetradic

#ADE55D #5DE5D9 #955DE5 #E55D69

square

#ADE55D #5DE5D9 #955DE5 #E55D69

split-complementary

#ADE55D #5D69E5 #D95DE5

monochromatic

#71AC1C #92DD28 #ADE55D #C8ED92 #E2F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ADE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#ADE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE55D

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE55D	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	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)

#EFD64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.175 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ed90',
    500: '#ade55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade55d;
$custom-light: #c9ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.706,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85617,
    "c": 0.17533,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE55D

secondary

#6939AD

accent

#11D462

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE55D

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

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