#AEDE51#AEDE51

#AEDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.175 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDE51
RGB	rgb(174, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -36.09, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 71.72, 120.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.1031 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.175 126)
XYZ	xyz(45.0622, 61.8347, 17.3442)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDE51 #8151DE

analogous

#DEC851 #AEDE51 #67DE51

triadic

#AEDE51 #51AEDE #DE51AE

tetradic

#AEDE51 #51DEC8 #8151DE #DE5167

square

#AEDE51 #51DEC8 #8151DE #DE5167

split-complementary

#AEDE51 #5167DE #C851DE

monochromatic

#6E981D #93CB27 #AEDE51 #C6E884 #DEF2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#AEDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#AEDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDE51

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDE51	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aede51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.175 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e888',
    500: '#aede51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aede51;
$custom-light: #c9e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aede51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.426,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83961,
    "c": 0.1753,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.61835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDE51

secondary

#5A379C

accent

#3DEB78

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDE51

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

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