#AEDE55#AEDE55

#AEDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.172 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDE55
RGB	rgb(174, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -35.79, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 70.17, 120.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.1019 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.172 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2166, 61.8965, 18.1576)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDE55 #8555DE

analogous

#DECA55 #AEDE55 #69DE55

triadic

#AEDE55 #55AEDE #DE55AE

tetradic

#AEDE55 #55DECA #8555DE #DE5569

square

#AEDE55 #55DECA #8555DE #DE5569

split-complementary

#AEDE55 #5569DE #CA55DE

monochromatic

#6F9B1E #94CE28 #AEDE55 #C6E888 #DFF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#AEDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#AEDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDE55

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDE55	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aede55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.172 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e88a',
    500: '#aede55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aede55;
$custom-light: #c9e88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aede55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.022,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83999,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDE55

secondary

#5C399E

accent

#16CF57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDE55

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

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