#AED159#AED159

#AED159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.152 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED159
RGB	rgb(174, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -29.44, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 62.03, 118.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0839 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.152 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0594, 55.3207, 17.9114)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED159 #7C59D1

analogous

#D1B859 #AED159 #72D159

triadic

#AED159 #59AED1 #D159AE

tetradic

#AED159 #59D1B8 #7C59D1 #D15972

square

#AED159 #59D1B8 #7C59D1 #D15972

split-complementary

#AED159 #5972D1 #B859D1

monochromatic

#6D8926 #92B933 #AED159 #C5DE89 #DDECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#AED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#AED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED159

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED159	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9df8c',
    500: '#aed159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed159;
$custom-light: #c9df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED159

secondary

#563E90

accent

#48E074

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED159

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

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