#AEDD56#AEDD56

#AEDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.170 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDD56
RGB	rgb(174, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -35.26, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 69.28, 120.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.1003 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.17 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9918, 61.3829, 18.2800)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDD56 #8556DD

analogous

#DDC856 #AEDD56 #6ADD56

triadic

#AEDD56 #56AEDD #DD56AE

tetradic

#AEDD56 #56DDC8 #8556DD #DD566A

square

#AEDD56 #56DDC8 #8556DD #DD566A

split-complementary

#AEDD56 #566ADD #C856DD

monochromatic

#6F9A1F #94CD29 #AEDD56 #C6E789 #DFF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AEDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#AEDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDD56

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDD56	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aedd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.170 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e78b',
    500: '#aedd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aedd56;
$custom-light: #c9e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aedd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8378,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDD56

secondary

#5C3A9E

accent

#17CE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDD56

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

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