#AED997#AED997

#AED997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.100 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AED997
RGB	rgb(174, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(99, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(99, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -25.95, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 38.22, 132.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0706 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.1 135)
XYZ	xyz(47.8531, 60.8577, 38.4977)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AED997 #C297D9

analogous

#CFD997 #AED997 #97D9A1

triadic

#AED997 #97AED9 #D997AE

tetradic

#AED997 #97CFD9 #C297D9 #D9A197

square

#AED997 #97CFD9 #C297D9 #D9A197

split-complementary

#AED997 #A197D9 #D997CF

monochromatic

#6AB442 #8BC96A #AED997 #D1E9C4 #EEF7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#AED997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#AED997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AED997

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AED997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AED997	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aed997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.100 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e5b6',
    500: '#aed997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aed997;
$custom-light: #c7e5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aed997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.091,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83825,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.60859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AED997

secondary

#9664B0

accent

#2CBA88

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FCF8

border

#D2D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #AED997

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

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