#ADE959#ADE959

#ADE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.184 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE959
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -40.77, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 74.25, 123.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.1152 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.184 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1755, 67.8822, 20.0137)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE959 #9559E9

analogous

#E9DD59 #ADE959 #65E959

triadic

#ADE959 #59ADE9 #E959AD

tetradic

#ADE959 #59E9DD #9559E9 #E95965

square

#ADE959 #59E9DD #9559E9 #E95965

split-complementary

#ADE959 #5965E9 #DD59E9

monochromatic

#71B017 #92E223 #ADE959 #C8F08F #E2F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#ADE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE959

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE959	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.184 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f08e',
    500: '#ade959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade959;
$custom-light: #c9f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86495,
    "c": 0.18363,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE959

secondary

#6935B1

accent

#0DD962

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE959

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

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