#AADA51#AADA51

#AADA51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.172 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AADA51
RGB	rgb(170, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(81, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -35.79, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 70.22, 120.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.102 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.172 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1342, 59.2823, 16.9531)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AADA51 #8151DA

analogous

#DAC551 #AADA51 #65DA51

triadic

#AADA51 #51AADA #DA51AA

tetradic

#AADA51 #51DAC5 #8151DA #DA5165

square

#AADA51 #51DAC5 #8151DA #DA5165

split-complementary

#AADA51 #5165DA #C551DA

monochromatic

#69921F #8EC42A #AADA51 #C3E583 #DBEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#AADA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#AADA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AADA51

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AADA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AADA51	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aada51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.172 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e588',
    500: '#aada51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aada51;
$custom-light: #c6e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aada51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.022,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AADA51

secondary

#5A3997

accent

#40E87B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AADA51

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

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