#ADE977#ADE977

#ADE977 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.158 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE977
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 119)
HSL	hsl(92, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(92, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 48.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -37.92, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 61.99, 127.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.105 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.158 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7015, 68.4927, 28.0510)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 3.88

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.07

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE977 #B377E9

analogous

#E6E977 #ADE977 #77E97A

triadic

#ADE977 #77ADE9 #E977AD

tetradic

#ADE977 #77E6E9 #B377E9 #E97A77

square

#ADE977 #77E6E9 #B377E9 #E97A77

split-complementary

#ADE977 #7A77E9 #E977E6

monochromatic

#6EC620 #8DE042 #ADE977 #CDF2AC #EDFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ADE977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#ADE977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE977

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE977	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.158 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f0a0',
    500: '#ade977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade977;
$custom-light: #c8f0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.579,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86841,
    "c": 0.15763,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE977

secondary

#8543C1

accent

#11D478

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE977

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

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