#AEDD57#AEDD57

#AEDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.169 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDD57
RGB	rgb(174, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -35.18, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 68.89, 120.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.1 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.169 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0324, 61.3991, 18.4937)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDD57 #8657DD

analogous

#DDC957 #AEDD57 #6BDD57

triadic

#AEDD57 #57AEDD #DD57AE

tetradic

#AEDD57 #57DDC9 #8657DD #DD576B

square

#AEDD57 #57DDC9 #8657DD #DD576B

split-complementary

#AEDD57 #576BDD #C957DD

monochromatic

#6F9A1F #94CD2A #AEDD57 #C7E78A #DFF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AEDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#AEDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDD57

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDD57	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)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aedd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.169 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e78b',
    500: '#aedd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aedd57;
$custom-light: #c9e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aedd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.045,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83789,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDD57

secondary

#5D3A9E

accent

#17CE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDD57

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

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