#ADEE5B#ADEE5B

#ADEE5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.188 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADEE5B
RGB	rgb(173, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(87, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -42.80, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 76.00, 124.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.1206 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.188 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6961, 70.7873, 20.9405)
Luminance	0.7079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADEE5B #9C5BEE

analogous

#EEE65B #ADEE5B #64EE5B

triadic

#ADEE5B #5BADEE #EE5BAD

tetradic

#ADEE5B #5BEEE6 #9C5BEE #EE5B64

square

#ADEE5B #5BEEE6 #9C5BEE #EE5B64

split-complementary

#ADEE5B #5B64EE #E65BEE

monochromatic

#71BB13 #91E824 #ADEE5B #C9F492 #E4F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ADEE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#ADEE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADEE5B

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADEE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADEE5B	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.188 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f48f',
    500: '#adee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adee5b;
$custom-light: #c9f48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.531,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87664,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADEE5B

secondary

#6F33BA

accent

#08DE66

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADEE5B

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

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