#AACE59#AACE59

#AACE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.150 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AACE59
RGB	rgb(170, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -29.57, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 60.93, 119.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.084 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.15 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4522, 53.4097, 17.6272)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AACE59 #7D59CE

analogous

#CEB859 #AACE59 #6FCE59

triadic

#AACE59 #59AACE #CE59AA

tetradic

#AACE59 #59CEB8 #7D59CE #CE596F

square

#AACE59 #59CEB8 #7D59CE #CE596F

split-complementary

#AACE59 #596FCE #B859CE

monochromatic

#688527 #8DB535 #AACE59 #C2DC88 #DAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#AACE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#AACE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AACE59

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AACE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AACE59	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aace59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.150 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd8c',
    500: '#aace59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aace59;
$custom-light: #c6dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aace59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80117,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AACE59

secondary

#573F8C

accent

#4ADE77

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AACE59

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

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