#ADE85B#ADE85B

#ADE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.181 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE85B
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -40.17, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 72.98, 123.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.1134 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.181 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9783, 67.3517, 20.3679)
Luminance	0.6735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE85B #965BE8

analogous

#E8DC5B #ADE85B #66E85B

triadic

#ADE85B #5BADE8 #E85BAD

tetradic

#ADE85B #5BE8DC #965BE8 #E85B66

square

#ADE85B #5BE8DC #965BE8 #E85B66

split-complementary

#ADE85B #5B66E8 #DC5BE8

monochromatic

#71B019 #92E025 #ADE85B #C8F091 #E3F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ADE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ADE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE85B

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE85B	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.181 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ef8f',
    500: '#ade85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade85b;
$custom-light: #c9ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.106,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86285,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE85B

secondary

#6A37B1

accent

#0ED862

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE85B

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

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