#AAD942#AAD942

#AAD942 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.181 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD942
RGB	rgb(170, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -36.36, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 75.22, 118.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.1048 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.181 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3741, 58.5646, 14.2249)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD942 #7142D9

analogous

#D9BC42 #AAD942 #5FD942

triadic

#AAD942 #42AAD9 #D942AA

tetradic

#AAD942 #42D9BC #7142D9 #D9425F

square

#AAD942 #42D9BC #7142D9 #D9425F

split-complementary

#AAD942 #425FD9 #BC42D9

monochromatic

#64861B #8BB925 #AAD942 #C1E375 #D8EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AAD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#AAD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD942

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD942	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)

#E5CB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.181 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e57f',
    500: '#aad942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad942;
$custom-light: #c7e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.675,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82428,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD942

secondary

#4F338C

accent

#3EE974

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD942

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

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