#ADE955#ADE955

#ADE955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.187 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE955
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -41.08, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 75.76, 122.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.1164 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.187 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0120, 67.8169, 19.1530)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE955 #9155E9

analogous

#E9DB55 #ADE955 #63E955

triadic

#ADE955 #55ADE9 #E955AD

tetradic

#ADE955 #55E9DB #9155E9 #E95563

square

#ADE955 #55E9DB #9155E9 #E95563

split-complementary

#ADE955 #5563E9 #DB55E9

monochromatic

#70AD16 #93E21F #ADE955 #C7F08B #E1F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#ADE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE955

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE955	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.187 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f08b',
    500: '#ade955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade955;
$custom-light: #c9f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.324,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86458,
    "c": 0.18663,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE955

secondary

#6634AE

accent

#0CD95F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE955

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

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