#AAE169#AAE169

#AAE169 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.161 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE169
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(88, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -36.86, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 64.08, 125.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.1029 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.161 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0522, 63.4154, 23.1760)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi Green

#8EE53F

ΔE00 5.10

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE169 #A069E1

analogous

#E1DC69 #AAE169 #6EE169

triadic

#AAE169 #69AAE1 #E169AA

tetradic

#AAE169 #69E1DC #A069E1 #E1696E

square

#AAE169 #69E1DC #A069E1 #E1696E

split-complementary

#AAE169 #696EE1 #DC69E1

monochromatic

#6EAD23 #8DD736 #AAE169 #C7EB9C #E4F5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#AAE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE169

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE169	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.161 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea97',
    500: '#aae169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae169;
$custom-light: #c6ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84647,
    "c": 0.16111,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE169

secondary

#7240AF

accent

#17CF6B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE169

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

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