#AED857#AED857

#AED857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.163 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED857
RGB	rgb(174, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -32.88, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 66.38, 119.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0936 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.163 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7319, 58.7981, 18.0602)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED857 #8157D8

analogous

#D8C257 #AED857 #6ED857

triadic

#AED857 #57AED8 #D857AE

tetradic

#AED857 #57D8C2 #8157D8 #D8576E

square

#AED857 #57D8C2 #8157D8 #D8576E

split-complementary

#AED857 #576ED8 #C257D8

monochromatic

#6E9322 #93C42E #AED857 #C6E489 #DEEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#AED857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#AED857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED857

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED857	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)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.163 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e48b',
    500: '#aed857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed857;
$custom-light: #c9e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.535,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82648,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED857

secondary

#5A3C98

accent

#42E577

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED857

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

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