#AAD255#AAD255

#AAD255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD255
RGB	rgb(170, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -31.79, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 64.63, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0905 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.159 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2640, 55.2947, 17.0916)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD255 #7D55D2

analogous

#D2BC55 #AAD255 #6BD255

triadic

#AAD255 #55AAD2 #D255AA

tetradic

#AAD255 #55D2BC #7D55D2 #D2556B

square

#AAD255 #55D2BC #7D55D2 #D2556B

split-complementary

#AAD255 #556BD2 #BC55D2

monochromatic

#688824 #8DB931 #AAD255 #C2DF85 #DAECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AAD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#AAD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD255

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD255	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e089',
    500: '#aad255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad255;
$custom-light: #c6e089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80987,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD255

secondary

#573C8F

accent

#46E178

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD255

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

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