#ADE981#ADE981

#ADE981 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.148 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE981
RGB	rgb(173, 233, 129)
HSL	hsl(95, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(95, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -36.76, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 57.65, 129.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.1012 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.148 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3340, 68.7456, 31.3819)
Luminance	0.6875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE981 #BD81E9

analogous

#E1E981 #ADE981 #81E989

triadic

#ADE981 #81ADE9 #E981AD

tetradic

#ADE981 #81E1E9 #BD81E9 #E98981

square

#ADE981 #81E1E9 #BD81E9 #E98981

split-complementary

#ADE981 #8981E9 #E981E1

monochromatic

#6BCC24 #8BE04D #ADE981 #CFF2B5 #EEFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ADE981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#ADE981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE981

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE981	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 233, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f0a7',
    500: '#ade981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade981;
$custom-light: #c7f0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86983,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE981

secondary

#904CC2

accent

#13D281

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF6

border

#D2D6D0

text

#131610

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE981

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

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