#ADE859#ADE859

#ADE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.182 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE859
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -40.33, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 73.75, 123.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.114 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.182 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8932, 67.3177, 19.9196)
Luminance	0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE859 #9459E8

analogous

#E8DB59 #ADE859 #66E859

triadic

#ADE859 #59ADE8 #E859AD

tetradic

#ADE859 #59E8DB #9459E8 #E85966

square

#ADE859 #59E8DB #9459E8 #E85966

split-complementary

#ADE859 #5966E8 #DB59E8

monochromatic

#70AE18 #92E123 #ADE859 #C8EF8F #E2F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ADE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#ADE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE859

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE859	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.182 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ef8d',
    500: '#ade859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade859;
$custom-light: #c9ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.755,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86266,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE859

secondary

#6836AF

accent

#0ED861

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE859

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

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