#AED979#AED979

#AED979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.132 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED979
RGB	rgb(174, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(87, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(87, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -29.96, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 52.11, 125.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0828 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.132 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7191, 60.0041, 27.2587)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED979 #A479D9

analogous

#D9D479 #AED979 #7ED979

triadic

#AED979 #79AED9 #D979AE

tetradic

#AED979 #79D9D4 #A479D9 #D9797E

square

#AED979 #79D9D4 #A479D9 #D9797E

split-complementary

#AED979 #797ED9 #D479D9

monochromatic

#72A830 #91CB49 #AED979 #CBE7A9 #E8F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#AED979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#AED979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED979

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED979	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.132 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8e5a1',
    500: '#aed979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed979;
$custom-light: #c8e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.875,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83303,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED979

secondary

#764BAB

accent

#22C36A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED979

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

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