#ADE579#ADE579

#ADE579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.150 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE579
RGB	rgb(173, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(91, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(91, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -35.89, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 58.92, 127.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0993 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.15 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7034, 66.3022, 28.3171)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.56

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE579 #B179E5

analogous

#E3E579 #ADE579 #79E57B

triadic

#ADE579 #79ADE5 #E579AD

tetradic

#ADE579 #79E3E5 #B179E5 #E57B79

square

#ADE579 #79E3E5 #B179E5 #E57B79

split-complementary

#ADE579 #7B79E5 #E579E3

monochromatic

#6FBF25 #8EDB46 #ADE579 #CCEFAC #ECF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ADE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#ADE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE579

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE579	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.150 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eda2',
    500: '#ade579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade579;
$custom-light: #c7eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.111,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85958,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE579

secondary

#8346BD

accent

#16CF76

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE579

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

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