#ADE85C#ADE85C

#ADE85C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.180 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE85C
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -40.09, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 72.59, 123.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.1131 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.18 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0217, 67.3691, 20.5966)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE85C #975CE8

analogous

#E8DD5C #ADE85C #67E85C

triadic

#ADE85C #5CADE8 #E85CAD

tetradic

#ADE85C #5CE8DD #975CE8 #E85C67

square

#ADE85C #5CE8DD #975CE8 #E85C67

split-complementary

#ADE85C #5C67E8 #DD5CE8

monochromatic

#71B119 #92E026 #ADE85C #C8F092 #E3F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ADE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#ADE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE85C

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE85C	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)

#F2D94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.180 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ef8f',
    500: '#ade85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade85c;
$custom-light: #c9ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86295,
    "c": 0.18001,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE85C

secondary

#6A37B1

accent

#0ED763

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE85C

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

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