#AAD042#AAD042

#AAD042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.170 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD042
RGB	rgb(170, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -32.23, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 70.99, 117.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0935 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.17 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1172, 54.0509, 13.4726)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD042 #6842D0

analogous

#D0AF42 #AAD042 #63D042

triadic

#AAD042 #42AAD0 #D042AA

tetradic

#AAD042 #42D0AF #6842D0 #D04263

square

#AAD042 #42D0AF #6842D0 #D04263

split-complementary

#AAD042 #4263D0 #AF42D0

monochromatic

#61791E #88AA2A #AAD042 #C0DC73 #D6E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#AAD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#AAD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD042

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD042	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.170 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7de7e',
    500: '#aad042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad042;
$custom-light: #c7de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.056,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD042

secondary

#493581

accent

#44E36F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD042

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

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