#ADE656#ADE656

#ADE656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.182 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE656
RGB	rgb(173, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -39.68, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 73.90, 122.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.1125 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.182 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2100, 66.1488, 19.0830)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE656 #8F56E6

analogous

#E6D756 #ADE656 #65E656

triadic

#ADE656 #56ADE6 #E656AD

tetradic

#ADE656 #56E6D7 #8F56E6 #E65665

square

#ADE656 #56E6D7 #8F56E6 #E65665

split-complementary

#ADE656 #5665E6 #D756E6

monochromatic

#70A919 #93DE21 #ADE656 #C7EE8B #E1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ADE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#ADE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE656

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE656	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.182 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ee8c',
    500: '#ade656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade656;
$custom-light: #c9ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85778,
    "c": 0.1821,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE656

secondary

#6436AA

accent

#0FD65E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE656

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

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