#AAE16D#AAE16D

#AAE16D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.157 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE16D
RGB	rgb(170, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(88, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 51.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -36.45, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 62.38, 125.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.1015 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.157 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2626, 63.4996, 24.2843)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE16D #A46DE1

analogous

#E1DE6D #AAE16D #70E16D

triadic

#AAE16D #6DAAE1 #E16DAA

tetradic

#AAE16D #6DE1DE #A46DE1 #E16D70

square

#AAE16D #6DE1DE #A46DE1 #E16D70

split-complementary

#AAE16D #6D70E1 #DE6DE1

monochromatic

#6DB024 #8CD73A #AAE16D #C8EBA0 #E5F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#AAE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE16D

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE16D	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.157 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea99',
    500: '#aae16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae16d;
$custom-light: #c6ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.448,
    "s": 65.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84697,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE16D

secondary

#7641B1

accent

#18CE6E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE16D

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

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