#AAE056#AAE056

#AAE056 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.176 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE056
RGB	rgb(170, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -38.11, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 71.28, 122.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.108 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.176 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9128, 62.5284, 18.5052)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE056 #8C56E0

analogous

#E0D156 #AAE056 #65E056

triadic

#AAE056 #56AAE0 #E056AA

tetradic

#AAE056 #56E0D1 #8C56E0 #E05665

square

#AAE056 #56E0D1 #8C56E0 #E05665

split-complementary

#AAE056 #5665E0 #D156E0

monochromatic

#6C9F1D #8FD227 #AAE056 #C4E98A #DEF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#AAE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#AAE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE056

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE056	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.176 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ea8b',
    500: '#aae056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae056;
$custom-light: #c7ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8421,
    "c": 0.17587,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE056

secondary

#6238A2

accent

#15D15E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE056

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

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