#ADE962#ADE962

#ADE962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.176 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE962
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(87, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -40.01, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 70.73, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.1124 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.176 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5767, 68.0428, 22.1272)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.70

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE962 #9E62E9

analogous

#E9E262 #ADE962 #69E962

triadic

#ADE962 #62ADE9 #E962AD

tetradic

#ADE962 #62E9E2 #9E62E9 #E96269

square

#ADE962 #62E9E2 #9E62E9 #E96269

split-complementary

#ADE962 #6269E9 #E262E9

monochromatic

#71B71A #91E12C #ADE962 #C9F198 #E5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#ADE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE962

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE962	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)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.176 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f093',
    500: '#ade962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade962;
$custom-light: #c9f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86586,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE962

secondary

#7138B7

accent

#0ED868

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE962

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

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