#AEDE56#AEDE56

#AEDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.171 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDE56
RGB	rgb(174, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -35.71, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 69.78, 120.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.1016 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.171 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2566, 61.9125, 18.3683)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDE56 #8656DE

analogous

#DECA56 #AEDE56 #6ADE56

triadic

#AEDE56 #56AEDE #DE56AE

tetradic

#AEDE56 #56DECA #8656DE #DE566A

square

#AEDE56 #56DECA #8656DE #DE566A

split-complementary

#AEDE56 #566ADE #CA56DE

monochromatic

#6F9B1E #94CE28 #AEDE56 #C7E889 #DFF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#AEDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#AEDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDE56

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDE56	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)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aede56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.171 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e88b',
    500: '#aede56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aede56;
$custom-light: #c9e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aede56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84008,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDE56

secondary

#5D399F

accent

#16CF58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDE56

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

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