#ADEA59#ADEA59

#ADEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.185 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEA59
RGB	rgb(173, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -41.21, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 74.75, 123.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.1164 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.185 129)
XYZ	xyz(48.4593, 68.4500, 20.1083)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEA59 #9659EA

analogous

#EADE59 #ADEA59 #64EA59

triadic

#ADEA59 #59ADEA #EA59AD

tetradic

#ADEA59 #59EADE #9659EA #EA5964

square

#ADEA59 #59EADE #9659EA #EA5964

split-complementary

#ADEA59 #5964EA #DE59EA

monochromatic

#71B217 #92E323 #ADEA59 #C8F18F #E3F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ADEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#ADEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEA59

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEA59	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.185 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f18e',
    500: '#adea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adea59;
$custom-light: #c9f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.241,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86725,
    "c": 0.1849,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.68451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEA59

secondary

#6A35B2

accent

#0CDA62

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEA59

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

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