#AAE053#AAE053

#AAE053 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.178 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE053
RGB	rgb(170, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -38.35, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 72.44, 121.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.1089 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.178 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7945, 62.4810, 17.8820)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE053 #8953E0

analogous

#E0D053 #AAE053 #63E053

triadic

#AAE053 #53AAE0 #E053AA

tetradic

#AAE053 #53E0D0 #8953E0 #E05363

square

#AAE053 #53E0D0 #8953E0 #E05363

split-complementary

#AAE053 #5363E0 #D053E0

monochromatic

#6B9C1C #8FD026 #AAE053 #C4E987 #DDF3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#AAE053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#AAE053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE053

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE053	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.178 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ea89',
    500: '#aae053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae053;
$custom-light: #c7ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.979,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84182,
    "c": 0.17816,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE053

secondary

#5F37A0

accent

#14D15D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE053

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

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