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#ade040

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: yellow

RGB
173, 224, 64
HSL
79°, 72%, 57%
CMYK
23, 0, 71, 12
Luminance
0.6257

Every format

HEX#ade040
RGBrgb(173, 224, 64)
HSLhsl(79, 72%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 0%, 71%, 12%)
LABlab(83.2 -38.5 68.8)
LCHlch(83.2 78.8 119.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.842 0.190 125.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ade040;
background-color: #ade040;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ade040] bg-[#ade040]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ade040;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.878, blue: 0.251)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ade040")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ade040 on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ade040 on black: 13.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green87.8%
Blue25.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow71.4%
Key (black)12.2%

Color previews

#ade040 text on a black background

contrast 13.51:1

Card sample

#ade040 text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ade040;
Background color
Panel with #ade040 background
background-color: #ade040;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ade040;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 224, 64, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 224, 64, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ade040;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ade040, #42E040);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ade040

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ade040 in the Color Lab