#ADE961#ADE961

#ADE961 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.177 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE961
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(86, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -40.10, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 71.13, 124.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.1127 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.177 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5298, 68.0240, 21.8800)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.62

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE961 #9D61E9

analogous

#E9E161 #ADE961 #69E961

triadic

#ADE961 #61ADE9 #E961AD

tetradic

#ADE961 #61E9E1 #9D61E9 #E96169

square

#ADE961 #61E9E1 #9D61E9 #E96169

split-complementary

#ADE961 #6169E9 #E161E9

monochromatic

#71B619 #91E22B #ADE961 #C9F097 #E5F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#ADE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE961

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE961	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.177 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f092',
    500: '#ade961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade961;
$custom-light: #c9f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86576,
    "c": 0.17726,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE961

secondary

#7038B6

accent

#0ED867

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE961

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

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