#AED856#AED856

#AED856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.164 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED856
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(79, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -32.96, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 66.78, 119.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0939 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.164 125)
XYZ	xyz(43.6913, 58.7819, 17.8465)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED856 #8056D8

analogous

#D8C156 #AED856 #6DD856

triadic

#AED856 #56AED8 #D856AE

tetradic

#AED856 #56D8C1 #8056D8 #D8566D

square

#AED856 #56D8C1 #8056D8 #D8566D

split-complementary

#AED856 #566DD8 #C156D8

monochromatic

#6E9222 #93C42D #AED856 #C6E388 #DEEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AED856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#AED856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED856

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED856	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.164 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e48b',
    500: '#aed856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed856;
$custom-light: #c9e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82638,
    "c": 0.1638,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.58782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED856

secondary

#593B97

accent

#42E677

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED856

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

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