#AED256#AED256

#AED256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.156 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED256
RGB	rgb(174, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -30.16, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 63.78, 118.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0862 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.156 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1821, 55.7635, 17.3435)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED256 #7A56D2

analogous

#D2B856 #AED256 #70D256

triadic

#AED256 #56AED2 #D256AE

tetradic

#AED256 #56D2B8 #7A56D2 #D25670

square

#AED256 #56D2B8 #7A56D2 #D25670

split-complementary

#AED256 #5670D2 #B856D2

monochromatic

#6C8925 #92B931 #AED256 #C5DF86 #DCECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AED256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#AED256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED256

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED256	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.156 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e08a',
    500: '#aed256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed256;
$custom-light: #c9e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81273,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED256

secondary

#553D90

accent

#47E173

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED256

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

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