#AAE161#AAE161

#AAE161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.168 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE161
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -37.62, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 67.41, 123.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.1057 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.168 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6602, 63.2586, 21.1114)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE161 #9861E1

analogous

#E1D861 #AAE161 #6AE161

triadic

#AAE161 #61AAE1 #E161AA

tetradic

#AAE161 #61E1D8 #9861E1 #E1616A

square

#AAE161 #61E1D8 #9861E1 #E1616A

split-complementary

#AAE161 #616AE1 #D861E1

monochromatic

#6DA820 #8ED72E #AAE161 #C6EB94 #E1F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#AAE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE161

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE161	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)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.168 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea92',
    500: '#aae161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae161;
$custom-light: #c6ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.781,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84554,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE161

secondary

#6B3CAA

accent

#15D066

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE161

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

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