#AED261#AED261

#AED261 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.146 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED261
RGB	rgb(174, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(79, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -29.19, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 59.10, 119.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0825 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.146 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6599, 55.9546, 19.8598)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED261 #8561D2

analogous

#D2BD61 #AED261 #75D261

triadic

#AED261 #61AED2 #D261AE

tetradic

#AED261 #61D2BD #8561D2 #D26175

square

#AED261 #61D2BD #8561D2 #D26175

split-complementary

#AED261 #6175D2 #BD61D2

monochromatic

#6F9029 #94BF36 #AED261 #C6E091 #DFEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#AED261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#AED261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED261

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED261	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.146 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e091',
    500: '#aed261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed261;
$custom-light: #c8e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.115,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81396,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED261

secondary

#5C4296

accent

#22C356

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED261

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

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