#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
RGBrgb(170, 217, 73)
HSLhsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(21.7%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.10, -35.91, 63.26)
CIE-LCHlch(81.10, 72.74, 119.58°)
OKLaboklab(82.48% -0.103 0.1435)
OKLCHoklch(82.48% 0.177 125.7)
XYZxyz(42.5932, 58.6522, 15.3791)
Luminance0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##AAD9491.001.6512.7312.73
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7321.001.001.00
##00000012.7321.001.001.00

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

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#AAD949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva