#AAE165#AAE165

#AAE165 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.165 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE165
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(87, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -37.25, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 65.75, 124.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.1043 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.165 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8514, 63.3351, 22.1186)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE165 #9C65E1

analogous

#E1DA65 #AAE165 #6CE165

triadic

#AAE165 #65AAE1 #E165AA

tetradic

#AAE165 #65E1DA #9C65E1 #E1656C

square

#AAE165 #65E1DA #9C65E1 #E1656C

split-complementary

#AAE165 #656CE1 #DA65E1

monochromatic

#6EAA21 #8ED732 #AAE165 #C6EB98 #E3F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#AAE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#AAE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE165

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE165	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.165 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea94',
    500: '#aae165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae165;
$custom-light: #c6ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.613,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.846,
    "c": 0.1647,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE165

secondary

#6F3EAC

accent

#16CF68

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE165

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

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