#AED959#AED959

#AED959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.163 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED959
RGB	rgb(174, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(80, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -33.18, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 66.07, 120.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0943 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.163 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0717, 59.3452, 18.5822)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED959 #8459D9

analogous

#D9C459 #AED959 #6ED959

triadic

#AED959 #59AED9 #D959AE

tetradic

#AED959 #59D9C4 #8459D9 #D9596E

square

#AED959 #59D9C4 #8459D9 #D9596E

split-complementary

#AED959 #596ED9 #C459D9

monochromatic

#6F9522 #94C72E #AED959 #C6E48B #DFF0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#AED959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#AED959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED959

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED959	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.163 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e58c',
    500: '#aed959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed959;
$custom-light: #c9e58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.156,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82897,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED959

secondary

#5C3C9A

accent

#42E679

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED959

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

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