#AAE051#AAE051

#AAE051 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.180 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE051
RGB	rgb(170, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.15, -38.50, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.15, 73.19, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.1095 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.18 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7184, 62.4506, 17.4812)
Luminance	0.6245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE051 #8751E0

analogous

#E0CE51 #AAE051 #63E051

triadic

#AAE051 #51AAE0 #E051AA

tetradic

#AAE051 #51E0CE #8751E0 #E05163

square

#AAE051 #51E0CE #8751E0 #E05163

split-complementary

#AAE051 #5163E0 #CE51E0

monochromatic

#6B9B1C #8FCF25 #AAE051 #C3E985 #DDF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#AAE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#AAE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE051

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE051	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.180 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ea88',
    500: '#aae051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae051;
$custom-light: #c7ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.657,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84164,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE051

secondary

#5E379F

accent

#3BED7E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE051

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

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