#AAD557#AAD557

#AAD557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.161 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD557
RGB	rgb(170, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -33.02, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 65.33, 120.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0938 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.161 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0922, 56.8222, 17.7652)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD557 #8257D5

analogous

#D5C157 #AAD557 #6BD557

triadic

#AAD557 #57AAD5 #D557AA

tetradic

#AAD557 #57D5C1 #8257D5 #D5576B

square

#AAD557 #57D5C1 #8257D5 #D5576B

split-complementary

#AAD557 #576BD5 #C157D5

monochromatic

#6A8E24 #8EBF30 #AAD557 #C3E188 #DCEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AAD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#AAD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD557

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD557	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)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.161 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e28b',
    500: '#aad557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad557;
$custom-light: #c6e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.476,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81694,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD557

secondary

#5A3C94

accent

#45E37B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD557

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

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