#ADE659#ADE659

#ADE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.180 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE659
RGB	rgb(173, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -39.44, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 72.75, 122.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.1116 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.18 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3334, 66.1981, 19.7330)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE659 #9259E6

analogous

#E6D859 #ADE659 #67E659

triadic

#ADE659 #59ADE6 #E659AD

tetradic

#ADE659 #59E6D8 #9259E6 #E65967

square

#ADE659 #59E6D8 #9259E6 #E65967

split-complementary

#ADE659 #5967E6 #D859E6

monochromatic

#70AB1A #93DE24 #ADE659 #C7EE8E #E2F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ADE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#ADE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE659

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE659	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.180 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ee8d',
    500: '#ade659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade659;
$custom-light: #c9ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.255,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85806,
    "c": 0.1798,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE659

secondary

#6637AC

accent

#10D660

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE659

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

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