#AAD556#AAD556

#AAD556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.162 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD556
RGB	rgb(170, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -33.10, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 65.74, 120.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0941 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.162 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0516, 56.8060, 17.5515)
Luminance	0.5681 (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

#AAD556 #8156D5

analogous

#D5C056 #AAD556 #6AD556

triadic

#AAD556 #56AAD5 #D556AA

tetradic

#AAD556 #56D5C0 #8156D5 #D5566A

square

#AAD556 #56D5C0 #8156D5 #D5566A

split-complementary

#AAD556 #566AD5 #C056D5

monochromatic

#698D23 #8EBE2F #AAD556 #C3E187 #DBEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AAD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#AAD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD556

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD556	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.162 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e28a',
    500: '#aad556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad556;
$custom-light: #c6e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.315,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD556

secondary

#5A3C93

accent

#44E37A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD556

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

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