#AEDC59#AEDC59

#AEDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.166 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDC59
RGB	rgb(174, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -34.56, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 67.58, 120.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0981 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.166 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8520, 60.9058, 18.8423)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDC59 #8759DC

analogous

#DCC959 #AEDC59 #6CDC59

triadic

#AEDC59 #59AEDC #DC59AE

tetradic

#AEDC59 #59DCC9 #8759DC #DC596C

square

#AEDC59 #59DCC9 #8759DC #DC596C

split-complementary

#AEDC59 #596CDC #C959DC

monochromatic

#6F9A20 #94CD2B #AEDC59 #C7E78C #DFF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#AEDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#AEDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDC59

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDC59	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aedc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.166 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e78d',
    500: '#aedc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aedc59;
$custom-light: #c9e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aedc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.069,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83581,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDC59

secondary

#5E3B9E

accent

#18CD58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDC59

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

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