#ADE979#ADE979

#ADE979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE979
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(92, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -37.70, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 61.13, 128.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.1043 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.156 132)
XYZ	xyz(49.8229, 68.5412, 28.6902)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 3.84

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE979 #B579E9

analogous

#E5E979 #ADE979 #79E97D

triadic

#ADE979 #79ADE9 #E979AD

tetradic

#ADE979 #79E5E9 #B579E9 #E97D79

square

#ADE979 #79E5E9 #B579E9 #E97D79

split-complementary

#ADE979 #7D79E9 #E979E5

monochromatic

#6EC721 #8DE044 #ADE979 #CDF2AE #EDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ADE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#ADE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE979

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE979	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f0a2',
    500: '#ade979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade979;
$custom-light: #c8f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.143,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86868,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.68543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE979

secondary

#8845C1

accent

#12D47A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE979

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

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