#AAD242#AAD242

#AAD242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.173 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD242
RGB	rgb(170, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -33.16, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 71.93, 117.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.096 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.173 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6079, 55.0323, 13.6361)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD242 #6A42D2

analogous

#D2B242 #AAD242 #62D242

triadic

#AAD242 #42AAD2 #D242AA

tetradic

#AAD242 #42D2B2 #6A42D2 #D24262

square

#AAD242 #42D2B2 #6A42D2 #D24262

split-complementary

#AAD242 #4262D2 #B242D2

monochromatic

#627C1E #89AD29 #AAD242 #C0DE73 #D6EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#AAD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#AAD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD242

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD242	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.173 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e07e',
    500: '#aad242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad242;
$custom-light: #c7e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80817,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD242

secondary

#4A3484

accent

#43E570

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD242

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

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