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#aad500

a dark, electric green · cool · closest name: yellow

RGB
170, 213, 0
HSL
72°, 100%, 42%
CMYK
20, 0, 100, 17
Luminance
0.5613

Every format

HEX#aad500
RGBrgb(170, 213, 0)
HSLhsl(72, 100%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 0%, 100%, 17%)
LABlab(79.7 -36.6 78.8)
LCHlch(79.7 86.9 114.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.813 0.200 123.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aad500;
background-color: #aad500;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aad500] bg-[#aad500]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aad500;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.835, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aad500")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aad500 on white: 1.72:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aad500 on black: 12.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green83.5%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan20.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)16.5%

Color previews

#aad500 text on a black background

contrast 12.23:1

Card sample

#aad500 text on a white background

contrast 1.72:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aad500;
Background color
Panel with #aad500 background
background-color: #aad500;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aad500;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 213, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 213, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aad500;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aad500, #1CD500);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aad500

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aad500 in the Color Lab