#AAE156#AAE156

#AAE156 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.177 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE156
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -38.56, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 71.79, 122.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.1092 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.177 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1824, 63.0675, 18.5951)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE156 #8D56E1

analogous

#E1D256 #AAE156 #64E156

triadic

#AAE156 #56AAE1 #E156AA

tetradic

#AAE156 #56E1D2 #8D56E1 #E15664

square

#AAE156 #56E1D2 #8D56E1 #E15664

split-complementary

#AAE156 #5664E1 #D256E1

monochromatic

#6CA01C #8FD426 #AAE156 #C4EA8A #DEF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#AAE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE156

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE156	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.177 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ea8b',
    500: '#aae156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae156;
$custom-light: #c7ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.741,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8444,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE156

secondary

#6238A3

accent

#14D25F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE156

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

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