#AAD856#AAD856

#AAD856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.166 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD856
RGB	rgb(170, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -34.48, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 67.25, 120.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0979 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.166 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8132, 58.3291, 17.8054)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD856 #8456D8

analogous

#D8C556 #AAD856 #69D856

triadic

#AAD856 #56AAD8 #D856AA

tetradic

#AAD856 #56D8C5 #8456D8 #D85669

square

#AAD856 #56D8C5 #8456D8 #D85669

split-complementary

#AAD856 #5669D8 #C556D8

monochromatic

#6A9222 #8EC42D #AAD856 #C3E388 #DCEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#AAD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#AAD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD856

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD856	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.166 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e48a',
    500: '#aad856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad856;
$custom-light: #c6e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD856

secondary

#5C3B97

accent

#42E67C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD856

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

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