#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
RGB	rgb(170, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -36.76, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 69.77, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.1042 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.172 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1137, 60.9301, 18.2388)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##AADD56	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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