#AAD159#AAD159

#AAD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.154 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD159
RGB	rgb(170, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(80, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -30.99, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 62.46, 119.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0879 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.154 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1813, 54.8679, 17.8702)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD159 #8059D1

analogous

#D1BC59 #AAD159 #6ED159

triadic

#AAD159 #59AAD1 #D159AA

tetradic

#AAD159 #59D1BC #8059D1 #D1596E

square

#AAD159 #59D1BC #8059D1 #D1596E

split-complementary

#AAD159 #596ED1 #BC59D1

monochromatic

#698926 #8EB933 #AAD159 #C3DE89 #DBECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#AAD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#AAD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD159

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD159	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.154 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6df8c',
    500: '#aad159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad159;
$custom-light: #c6df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80801,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD159

secondary

#593E90

accent

#48E079

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD159

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

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