#AAE055#AAE055

#AAE055 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.177 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE055
RGB	rgb(170, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -38.19, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 71.67, 122.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.1083 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.177 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8728, 62.5124, 18.2945)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE055 #8B55E0

analogous

#E0D055 #AAE055 #65E055

triadic

#AAE055 #55AAE0 #E055AA

tetradic

#AAE055 #55E0D0 #8B55E0 #E05565

square

#AAE055 #55E0D0 #8B55E0 #E05565

split-complementary

#AAE055 #5565E0 #D055E0

monochromatic

#6C9E1D #8FD226 #AAE055 #C4E989 #DEF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#AAE055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#AAE055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE055

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE055	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)

#EBD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.177 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ea8a',
    500: '#aae055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae055;
$custom-light: #c7ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.309,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84201,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE055

secondary

#6138A1

accent

#14D15E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE055

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

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