#ADEC57#ADEC57

#ADEC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.189 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEC57
RGB	rgb(173, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -42.24, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 76.50, 123.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.1194 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.189 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9491, 69.5621, 19.8629)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEC57 #9657EC

analogous

#ECE057 #ADEC57 #62EC57

triadic

#ADEC57 #57ADEC #EC57AD

tetradic

#ADEC57 #57ECE0 #9657EC #EC5762

square

#ADEC57 #57ECE0 #9657EC #EC5762

split-complementary

#ADEC57 #5762EC #E057EC

monochromatic

#71B414 #92E620 #ADEC57 #C8F28E #E3F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ADEC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#ADEC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEC57

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEC57	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.189 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f28d',
    500: '#adec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adec57;
$custom-light: #c9f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.369,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87167,
    "c": 0.18893,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEC57

secondary

#6A33B4

accent

#0ADC63

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEC57

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

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