#AAD940#AAD940

#AAD940 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.183 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD940
RGB	rgb(170, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(78, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(78, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -36.48, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 75.90, 118.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.1053 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.183 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3161, 58.5414, 13.9197)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD940 #6F40D9

analogous

#D9BB40 #AAD940 #5ED940

triadic

#AAD940 #40AAD9 #D940AA

tetradic

#AAD940 #40D9BB #6F40D9 #D9405E

square

#AAD940 #40D9BB #6F40D9 #D9405E

split-complementary

#AAD940 #405ED9 #BB40D9

monochromatic

#64841A #8AB724 #AAD940 #C1E373 #D7EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AAD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#AAD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD940

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD940	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.183 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e57e',
    500: '#aad940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad940;
$custom-light: #c7e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.431,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82413,
    "c": 0.18261,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD940

secondary

#4E328B

accent

#3EEA73

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD940

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

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