#AAE159#AAE159

#AAE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.175 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE159
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -38.32, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 70.62, 122.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.1083 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.175 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3058, 63.1168, 19.2451)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE159 #9059E1

analogous

#E1D459 #AAE159 #66E159

triadic

#AAE159 #59AAE1 #E159AA

tetradic

#AAE159 #59E1D4 #9059E1 #E15966

square

#AAE159 #59E1D4 #9059E1 #E15966

split-complementary

#AAE159 #5966E1 #D459E1

monochromatic

#6DA21D #8FD627 #AAE159 #C5EA8D #DFF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#AAE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE159

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE159	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.175 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea8d',
    500: '#aae159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae159;
$custom-light: #c6ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.265,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8447,
    "c": 0.17479,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE159

secondary

#6539A5

accent

#14D161

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE159

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

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