#ADEC59#ADEC59

#ADEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.187 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEC59
RGB	rgb(173, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -42.09, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 75.75, 123.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.1188 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.187 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0319, 69.5952, 20.2992)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 4.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEC59 #9859EC

analogous

#ECE159 #ADEC59 #63EC59

triadic

#ADEC59 #59ADEC #EC59AD

tetradic

#ADEC59 #59ECE1 #9859EC #EC5963

square

#ADEC59 #59ECE1 #9859EC #EC5963

split-complementary

#ADEC59 #5963EC #E159EC

monochromatic

#71B615 #92E622 #ADEC59 #C8F290 #E3F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ADEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#ADEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEC59

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEC59	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.187 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f28e',
    500: '#adec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adec59;
$custom-light: #c9f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87185,
    "c": 0.18744,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEC59

secondary

#6B34B5

accent

#0ADC64

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEC59

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

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