#AADD56#AADD56

#AADD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.172 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AADD56
RGBrgb(170, 221, 86)
HSLhsl(83, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(83, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(23.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(82.34, -36.76, 59.30)
CIE-LCHlch(82.34, 69.77, 121.79°)
OKLaboklab(83.52% -0.1042 0.1368)
OKLCHoklch(83.52% 0.172 127.3)
XYZxyz(44.1137, 60.9301, 18.2388)
Luminance0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AADD56 #8956DD
analogous
#DDCD56 #AADD56 #66DD56
triadic
#AADD56 #56AADD #DD56AA
tetradic
#AADD56 #56DDCD #8956DD #DD5666
square
#AADD56 #56DDCD #8956DD #DD5666
split-complementary
#AADD56 #5666DD #CD56DD
monochromatic
#6B9A1F #8FCD29 #AADD56 #C4E789 #DDF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59
#AADD56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19
#AADD56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AADD56
13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AADD56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AADD561.001.5913.1913.19
#FFFFFF1.591.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1921.001.001.00
##00000013.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8CF46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CC60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0D4C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aadd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.172 127.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e78b',
    500: '#aadd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aadd56;
$custom-light: #c6e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aadd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AADD56
secondary
#5F3A9E
accent
#17CE5C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFCF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AADD56

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#AADD56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva