#AED179#AED179

#AED179 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED179
RGB	rgb(174, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(84, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(84, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -26.15, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 47.64, 123.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0721 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.121 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7069, 55.9796, 26.5880)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED179 #9C79D1

analogous

#D1C879 #AED179 #82D179

triadic

#AED179 #79AED1 #D179AE

tetradic

#AED179 #79D1C8 #9C79D1 #D17982

square

#AED179 #79D1C8 #9C79D1 #D17982

split-complementary

#AED179 #7982D1 #C879D1

monochromatic

#729B35 #92C14B #AED179 #CAE1A7 #E5F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AED179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#AED179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED179

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED179	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7dfa1',
    500: '#aed179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed179;
$custom-light: #c7dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.864,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED179

secondary

#6F4EA0

accent

#29BC64

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED179

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

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