#AAD656#AAD656

#AAD656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.163 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD656
RGB	rgb(170, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -33.56, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 66.24, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0954 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.163 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3039, 57.3106, 17.6356)
Luminance	0.5731 (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

#AAD656 #8256D6

analogous

#D6C256 #AAD656 #6AD656

triadic

#AAD656 #56AAD6 #D656AA

tetradic

#AAD656 #56D6C2 #8256D6 #D6566A

square

#AAD656 #56D6C2 #8256D6 #D6566A

split-complementary

#AAD656 #566AD6 #C256D6

monochromatic

#6A8F23 #8EC02F #AAD656 #C3E287 #DCEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#AAD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#AAD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD656

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD656	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.163 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e28a',
    500: '#aad656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad656;
$custom-light: #c6e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.163,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD656

secondary

#5A3C95

accent

#44E47B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD656

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

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