#AAE160#AAE160

#AAE160 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.169 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE160
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -37.71, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 67.81, 123.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.106 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.169 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6138, 63.2400, 20.8674)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE160 #9760E1

analogous

#E1D760 #AAE160 #6AE160

triadic

#AAE160 #60AAE1 #E160AA

tetradic

#AAE160 #60E1D7 #9760E1 #E1606A

square

#AAE160 #60E1D7 #9760E1 #E1606A

split-complementary

#AAE160 #606AE1 #D760E1

monochromatic

#6DA720 #8ED72D #AAE160 #C6EB93 #E1F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#AAE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE160

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE160	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.169 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea91',
    500: '#aae160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae160;
$custom-light: #c6ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.581,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84543,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE160

secondary

#6B3CA9

accent

#15D065

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE160

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

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