#AEDE57#AEDE57

#AEDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.171 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDE57
RGB	rgb(174, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -35.63, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 69.39, 120.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.1013 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.171 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2972, 61.9287, 18.5820)
Luminance	0.6193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDE57 #8757DE

analogous

#DECA57 #AEDE57 #6ADE57

triadic

#AEDE57 #57AEDE #DE57AE

tetradic

#AEDE57 #57DECA #8757DE #DE576A

square

#AEDE57 #57DECA #8757DE #DE576A

split-complementary

#AEDE57 #576ADE #CA57DE

monochromatic

#6F9C1F #94CF29 #AEDE57 #C7E88A #DFF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#AEDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#AEDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDE57

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDE57	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aede57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.171 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e88c',
    500: '#aede57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aede57;
$custom-light: #c9e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aede57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84018,
    "c": 0.17067,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDE57

secondary

#5E3AA0

accent

#16CF58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDE57

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

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