#AEDD59#AEDD59

#AEDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.168 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDD59
RGB	rgb(174, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -35.02, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 68.09, 120.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0994 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.168 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1152, 61.4322, 18.9300)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDD59 #8859DD

analogous

#DDCA59 #AEDD59 #6CDD59

triadic

#AEDD59 #59AEDD #DD59AE

tetradic

#AEDD59 #59DDCA #8859DD #DD596C

square

#AEDD59 #59DDCA #8859DD #DD596C

split-complementary

#AEDD59 #596CDD #CA59DD

monochromatic

#709C20 #94CF2A #AEDD59 #C7E78C #E0F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#AEDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#AEDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDD59

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDD59	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aedd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.168 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e78d',
    500: '#aedd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aedd59;
$custom-light: #c9e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aedd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDD59

secondary

#5F3BA0

accent

#18CE59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDD59

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

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