#AAD538#AAD538

#AAD538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.183 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD538
RGB	rgb(170, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -35.10, 68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 76.66, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1022 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.183 124)
XYZ	xyz(41.0861, 56.4197, 12.4662)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD538 #6338D5

analogous

#D5B138 #AAD538 #5CD538

triadic

#AAD538 #38AAD5 #D538AA

tetradic

#AAD538 #38D5B1 #6338D5 #D5385C

square

#AAD538 #38D5B1 #6338D5 #D5385C

split-complementary

#AAD538 #385CD5 #B138D5

monochromatic

#5F791A #87AC24 #AAD538 #C0E06B #D5EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AAD538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#AAD538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD538

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD538	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.183 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e27a',
    500: '#aad538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad538;
$custom-light: #c7e27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.433,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.18256,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.5642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD538

secondary

#463081

accent

#40E86E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD538

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

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