#AAD957#AAD957

#AAD957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.166 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAD957
RGB	rgb(170, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -34.86, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 67.36, 121.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0989 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.166 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1107, 58.8593, 18.1047)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAD957 #8657D9

analogous

#D9C757 #AAD957 #69D957

triadic

#AAD957 #57AAD9 #D957AA

tetradic

#AAD957 #57D9C7 #8657D9 #D95769

square

#AAD957 #57D9C7 #8657D9 #D95769

split-complementary

#AAD957 #5769D9 #C757D9

monochromatic

#6B9421 #8FC62D #AAD957 #C3E489 #DDF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#AAD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#AAD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAD957

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAD957	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aad957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.166 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e58b',
    500: '#aad957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aad957;
$custom-light: #c6e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aad957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82611,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAD957

secondary

#5D3B99

accent

#42E67D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAD957

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

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