#AED259#AED259

#AED259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.154 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED259
RGB	rgb(174, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(78, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -29.91, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 62.53, 118.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0852 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.154 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3055, 55.8129, 17.9934)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED259 #7D59D2

analogous

#D2B959 #AED259 #71D259

triadic

#AED259 #59AED2 #D259AE

tetradic

#AED259 #59D2B9 #7D59D2 #D25971

square

#AED259 #59D2B9 #7D59D2 #D25971

split-complementary

#AED259 #5971D2 #B959D2

monochromatic

#6D8B26 #93BB33 #AED259 #C5DF89 #DDECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#AED259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#AED259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED259

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED259	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e08c',
    500: '#aed259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed259;
$custom-light: #c9e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.851,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81305,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED259

secondary

#573E91

accent

#47E175

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED259

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

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