#AAD657#AAD657

#AAD657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.162 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD657
RGB	rgb(170, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -33.48, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 65.83, 120.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0951 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.162 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3445, 57.3268, 17.8493)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD657 #8357D6

analogous

#D6C357 #AAD657 #6BD657

triadic

#AAD657 #57AAD6 #D657AA

tetradic

#AAD657 #57D6C3 #8357D6 #D6576B

square

#AAD657 #57D6C3 #8357D6 #D6576B

split-complementary

#AAD657 #576BD6 #C357D6

monochromatic

#6A9023 #8EC12F #AAD657 #C3E288 #DCEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#AAD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#AAD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD657

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD657	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.162 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e28b',
    500: '#aad657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad657;
$custom-light: #c6e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.787,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81924,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD657

secondary

#5B3C95

accent

#44E47B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD657

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

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