#ADE965#ADE965

#ADE965 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.174 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE965
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(87, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -39.74, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 69.52, 124.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.1114 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.174 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7211, 68.1005, 22.8872)
Luminance	0.6810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE965 #A165E9

analogous

#E9E365 #ADE965 #6BE965

triadic

#ADE965 #65ADE9 #E965AD

tetradic

#ADE965 #65E9E3 #A165E9 #E9656B

square

#ADE965 #65E9E3 #A165E9 #E9656B

split-complementary

#ADE965 #656BE9 #E365E9

monochromatic

#71B91A #90E12F #ADE965 #CAF19B #E6F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ADE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#ADE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE965

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE965	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.174 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f095',
    500: '#ade965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade965;
$custom-light: #c8f095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86619,
    "c": 0.17391,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE965

secondary

#733AB9

accent

#0ED76A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE965

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

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