#ADEB57#ADEB57

#ADEB57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.188 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEB57
RGB	rgb(173, 235, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -41.81, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 76.01, 123.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.1182 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.188 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6620, 68.9879, 19.7672)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEB57 #9557EB

analogous

#EBDF57 #ADEB57 #63EB57

triadic

#ADEB57 #57ADEB #EB57AD

tetradic

#ADEB57 #57EBDF #9557EB #EB5763

square

#ADEB57 #57EBDF #9557EB #EB5763

split-complementary

#ADEB57 #5763EB #DF57EB

monochromatic

#71B215 #92E420 #ADEB57 #C8F28E #E2F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ADEB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#ADEB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEB57

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEB57	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adeb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 235, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.188 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f18c',
    500: '#adeb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adeb57;
$custom-light: #c9f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adeb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.135,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86937,
    "c": 0.18767,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEB57

secondary

#6934B3

accent

#0ADB62

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEB57

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

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