#ADE565#ADE565

#ADE565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.169 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE565
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -37.96, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 67.44, 124.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1065 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.169 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6015, 65.8614, 22.5140)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE565 #9D65E5

analogous

#E5DD65 #ADE565 #6DE565

triadic

#ADE565 #65ADE5 #E565AD

tetradic

#ADE565 #65E5DD #9D65E5 #E5656D

square

#ADE565 #65E5DD #9D65E5 #E5656D

split-complementary

#ADE565 #656DE5 #DD65E5

monochromatic

#71B21E #91DC31 #ADE565 #C9EE99 #E5F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ADE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#ADE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE565

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE565	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.169 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ed95',
    500: '#ade565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade565;
$custom-light: #c8ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE565

secondary

#703CB2

accent

#12D367

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE565

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

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