#AAD659#AAD659

#AAD659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.160 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD659
RGB	rgb(170, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -33.31, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 65.01, 120.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0944 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.16 126)
XYZ	xyz(42.4273, 57.3599, 18.2856)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD659 #8559D6

analogous

#D6C359 #AAD659 #6CD659

triadic

#AAD659 #59AAD6 #D659AA

tetradic

#AAD659 #59D6C3 #8559D6 #D6596C

square

#AAD659 #59D6C3 #8559D6 #D6596C

split-complementary

#AAD659 #596CD6 #C359D6

monochromatic

#6A9124 #8FC230 #AAD659 #C3E28A #DCEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#AAD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#AAD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD659

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD659	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)

#E0C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.160 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e28c',
    500: '#aad659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad659;
$custom-light: #c6e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.12,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.5736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD659

secondary

#5C3D96

accent

#44E47C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD659

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

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