#AED438#AED438

#AED438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.180 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED438
RGB	rgb(174, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -33.07, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 75.80, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0969 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.18 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7134, 56.3710, 12.4237)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED438 #5E38D4

analogous

#D4AC38 #AED438 #60D438

triadic

#AED438 #38AED4 #D438AE

tetradic

#AED438 #38D4AC #5E38D4 #D43860

square

#AED438 #38D4AC #5E38D4 #D43860

split-complementary

#AED438 #3860D4 #AC38D4

monochromatic

#61781A #8AAA25 #AED438 #C2DF6A #D7EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#AED438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#AED438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED438

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED438	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.180 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae17a',
    500: '#aed438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed438;
$custom-light: #cae17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.615,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81481,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED438

secondary

#443080

accent

#40E769

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED438

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

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