#ADEB59#ADEB59

#ADEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.186 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEB59
RGB	rgb(173, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -41.65, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 75.25, 123.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.1176 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.186 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7448, 69.0210, 20.2035)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEB59 #9759EB

analogous

#EBE059 #ADEB59 #64EB59

triadic

#ADEB59 #59ADEB #EB59AD

tetradic

#ADEB59 #59EBE0 #9759EB #EB5964

square

#ADEB59 #59EBE0 #9759EB #EB5964

split-complementary

#ADEB59 #5964EB #E059EB

monochromatic

#71B416 #92E422 #ADEB59 #C8F290 #E3F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ADEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#ADEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEB59

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEB59	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)

#F6DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adeb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.186 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f18e',
    500: '#adeb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adeb59;
$custom-light: #c9f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adeb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.479,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86955,
    "c": 0.18617,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEB59

secondary

#6A34B4

accent

#0BDB63

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEB59

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

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