#AEDE59#AEDE59

#AEDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.169 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEDE59
RGB	rgb(174, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -35.47, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 68.59, 121.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.1006 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.169 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3800, 61.9618, 19.0183)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEDE59 #8959DE

analogous

#DECB59 #AEDE59 #6BDE59

triadic

#AEDE59 #59AEDE #DE59AE

tetradic

#AEDE59 #59DECB #8959DE #DE596B

square

#AEDE59 #59DECB #8959DE #DE596B

split-complementary

#AEDE59 #596BDE #CB59DE

monochromatic

#709D1F #94D029 #AEDE59 #C7E88C #E0F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#AEDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#AEDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEDE59

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEDE59	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)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.169 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9e88d',
    500: '#aede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aede59;
$custom-light: #c9e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.654,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84038,
    "c": 0.16907,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEDE59

secondary

#5F3AA1

accent

#17CF59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEDE59

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

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