#AAD759#AAD759

#AAD759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.162 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD759
RGB	rgb(170, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -33.77, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 65.53, 121.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0957 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.162 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6812, 57.8676, 18.3702)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD759 #8659D7

analogous

#D7C559 #AAD759 #6BD759

triadic

#AAD759 #59AAD7 #D759AA

tetradic

#AAD759 #59D7C5 #8659D7 #D7596B

square

#AAD759 #59D7C5 #8659D7 #D7596B

split-complementary

#AAD759 #596BD7 #C559D7

monochromatic

#6B9223 #8FC42F #AAD759 #C3E38A #DDEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#AAD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#AAD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD759

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD759	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.162 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e38c',
    500: '#aad759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad759;
$custom-light: #c6e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82174,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD759

secondary

#5D3D98

accent

#44E47D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD759

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

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