#AED251#AED251

#AED251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED251
RGB	rgb(174, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -30.56, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 65.83, 117.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0877 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.16 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9877, 55.6857, 16.3194)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED251 #7551D2

analogous

#D2B551 #AED251 #6ED251

triadic

#AED251 #51AED2 #D251AE

tetradic

#AED251 #51D2B5 #7551D2 #D2516E

square

#AED251 #51D2B5 #7551D2 #D2516E

split-complementary

#AED251 #516ED2 #B551D2

monochromatic

#6A8623 #91B72F #AED251 #C5DF82 #DBEBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AED251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#AED251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED251

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED251	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9df87',
    500: '#aed251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed251;
$custom-light: #c9df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.744,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED251

secondary

#513B8D

accent

#46E271

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED251

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

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