#AAD949#AAD949

#AAD949 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.177 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD949
RGB	rgb(170, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -35.91, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 72.74, 119.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.103 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.177 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5932, 58.6522, 15.3791)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD949 #7849D9

analogous

#D9C049 #AAD949 #62D949

triadic

#AAD949 #49AAD9 #D949AA

tetradic

#AAD949 #49D9C0 #7849D9 #D94962

square

#AAD949 #49D9C0 #7849D9 #D94962

split-complementary

#AAD949 #4962D9 #C049D9

monochromatic

#678B1D #8CBD28 #AAD949 #C2E47C #D9EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AAD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#AAD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD949

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD949	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.177 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e583',
    500: '#aad949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad949;
$custom-light: #c7e583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82482,
    "c": 0.17667,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD949

secondary

#533691

accent

#3FE877

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD949

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

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