#ADE960#ADE960
#ADE960 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.178 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADE960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 233, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 76%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.01, -40.19, 59.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.01, 71.53, 124.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.57% -0.113 0.1376) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.57% 0.178 129.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4835, 68.0055, 21.6360) |
| Luminance | 0.6801 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.55
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.07
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.12
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.28
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.44
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADE960 #9C60E9
analogous
#E9E060 #ADE960 #69E960
triadic
#ADE960 #60ADE9 #E960AD
tetradic
#ADE960 #60E9E0 #9C60E9 #E96069
square
#ADE960 #60E9E0 #9C60E9 #E96069
split-complementary
#ADE960 #6069E9 #E060E9
monochromatic
#71B519 #91E22A #ADE960 #C9F096 #E4F8CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#ADE960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.60
#ADE960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADE960
14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADE960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADE960 | 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)
#F3DA51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD66A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1E0CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ade960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.178 129.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9f092',
500: '#ade960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ade960; $custom-light: #c9f092; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ade960",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 233,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.277,
"s": 75.691,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86565,
"c": 0.17808,
"h": 129.4
},
"luminance": 0.68007
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADE960
secondary
#6F38B5
accent
#0ED866
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF4
border
#D4D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F