#ADEA79#ADEA79

#ADEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.157 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEA79
RGB	rgb(173, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(92, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -38.15, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 61.68, 128.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.1055 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.157 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1068, 69.1090, 28.7849)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 3.67

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEA79 #B679EA

analogous

#E6EA79 #ADEA79 #79EA7E

triadic

#ADEA79 #79ADEA #EA79AD

tetradic

#ADEA79 #79E6EA #B679EA #EA7E79

square

#ADEA79 #79E6EA #B679EA #EA7E79

split-complementary

#ADEA79 #7E79EA #EA79E6

monochromatic

#6EC920 #8DE244 #ADEA79 #CDF2AE #EEFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ADEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#ADEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEA79

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEA79	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFE2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.157 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f1a2',
    500: '#adea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adea79;
$custom-light: #c8f1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.389,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87096,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEA79

secondary

#8945C3

accent

#11D57B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEA79

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

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