#ADE879#ADE879

#ADE879 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.154 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE879
RGB	rgb(173, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(92, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -37.25, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 60.58, 127.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.103 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.154 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5406, 67.9766, 28.5961)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.01

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE879 #B479E8

analogous

#E5E879 #ADE879 #79E87D

triadic

#ADE879 #79ADE8 #E879AD

tetradic

#ADE879 #79E5E8 #B479E8 #E87D79

square

#ADE879 #79E5E8 #B479E8 #E87D79

split-complementary

#ADE879 #7D79E8 #E879E5

monochromatic

#6EC522 #8DDF45 #ADE879 #CDF1AD #EDFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#ADE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE879

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE879	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.154 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8efa2',
    500: '#ade879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade879;
$custom-light: #c8efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.892,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8664,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE879

secondary

#8645C0

accent

#13D379

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE879

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

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