#AAD356#AAD356

#AAD356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.159 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD356
RGB	rgb(170, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -32.17, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 64.72, 119.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0915 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.159 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5517, 55.8060, 17.3848)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD356 #7F56D3

analogous

#D3BD56 #AAD356 #6BD356

triadic

#AAD356 #56AAD3 #D356AA

tetradic

#AAD356 #56D3BD #7F56D3 #D3566B

square

#AAD356 #56D3BD #7F56D3 #D3566B

split-complementary

#AAD356 #566BD3 #BD56D3

monochromatic

#698B24 #8EBB31 #AAD356 #C2E087 #DBECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AAD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#AAD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD356

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD356	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.159 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e08a',
    500: '#aad356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad356;
$custom-light: #c6e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.68,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81226,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD356

secondary

#583C91

accent

#46E279

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD356

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

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