#ADDE71 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #ADDE71 works with other colors. Named schemes with #ADDE71 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Light Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Light Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Light Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Light Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Light Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #ADDE71 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #ADDE71 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ADDE71;
--color-base-rgb: 173 222 113;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(84.3% 0.148 129.1);
--color-50: #F8FDF2;
--color-100: #ECF8DD;
--color-200: #D9EFBD;
--color-300: #BCE090;
--color-400: #9ECC66;
--color-500: #80B144;
--color-600: #65873A;
--color-700: #4A602E;
--color-800: #323F22;
--color-900: #1F2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F8FDF2',
100: '#ECF8DD',
200: '#D9EFBD',
300: '#BCE090',
400: '#9ECC66',
500: '#80B144',
600: '#65873A',
700: '#4A602E',
800: '#323F22',
900: '#1F2716',
},
}
$base: #ADDE71; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FDF2; $base-100: #ECF8DD; $base-200: #D9EFBD; $base-300: #BCE090; $base-400: #9ECC66; $base-500: #80B144; $base-600: #65873A; $base-700: #4A602E; $base-800: #323F22; $base-900: #1F2716; $base-hover: #8ED13C; $base-subtle: #E6F1D9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ADDE71",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECF8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9EFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCE090",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9ECC66",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#80B144",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#65873A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A602E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#323F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}