#AED538#AED538

#AED538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.181 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED538
RGB	rgb(174, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -33.53, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 76.25, 116.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0981 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.181 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9642, 56.8725, 12.5073)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED538 #5F38D5

analogous

#D5AD38 #AED538 #60D538

triadic

#AED538 #38AED5 #D538AE

tetradic

#AED538 #38D5AD #5F38D5 #D53860

square

#AED538 #38D5AD #5F38D5 #D53860

split-complementary

#AED538 #3860D5 #AD38D5

monochromatic

#61791A #8AAC24 #AED538 #C3E06B #D7EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#AED538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#AED538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED538

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED538	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.181 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cae27a',
    500: '#aed538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed538;
$custom-light: #cae27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.904,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8171,
    "c": 0.18081,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED538

secondary

#443081

accent

#40E86A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED538

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

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