#ADDE75 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 #ADDE75 works with other colors. Named schemes with #ADDE75 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 #ADDE75 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 #ADDE75 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ADDE75;
--color-base-rgb: 173 222 117;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(84.3% 0.144 129.6);
--color-50: #F8FCF2;
--color-100: #EBF8DD;
--color-200: #D8EFBD;
--color-300: #BADF90;
--color-400: #9CCB67;
--color-500: #7EB045;
--color-600: #63873B;
--color-700: #49602F;
--color-800: #313F22;
--color-900: #1F2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-green: {
50: '#F8FCF2',
100: '#EBF8DD',
200: '#D8EFBD',
300: '#BADF90',
400: '#9CCB67',
500: '#7EB045',
600: '#63873B',
700: '#49602F',
800: '#313F22',
900: '#1F2716',
},
}
$base: #ADDE75; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FCF2; $base-100: #EBF8DD; $base-200: #D8EFBD; $base-300: #BADF90; $base-400: #9CCB67; $base-500: #7EB045; $base-600: #63873B; $base-700: #49602F; $base-800: #313F22; $base-900: #1F2716; $base-hover: #8CD03D; $base-subtle: #E6F1D9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ADDE75",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8EFBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BADF90",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9CCB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7EB045",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#63873B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#49602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#313F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}