#ADEA61#ADEA61

#ADEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.179 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEA61
RGB	rgb(173, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -40.55, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 71.64, 124.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.1139 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.179 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8137, 68.5918, 21.9747)
Luminance	0.6859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.47

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEA61 #9E61EA

analogous

#EAE261 #ADEA61 #69EA61

triadic

#ADEA61 #61ADEA #EA61AD

tetradic

#ADEA61 #61EAE2 #9E61EA #EA6169

square

#ADEA61 #61EAE2 #9E61EA #EA6169

split-complementary

#ADEA61 #6169EA #E261EA

monochromatic

#71B818 #91E32B #ADEA61 #C9F197 #E5F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ADEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#ADEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEA61

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEA61	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.179 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f192',
    500: '#adea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adea61;
$custom-light: #c9f192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.715,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86805,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEA61

secondary

#7138B8

accent

#0DD968

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEA61

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

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