#AAE249#AAE249

#AAE249 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.188 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE249
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -39.95, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 77.07, 121.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.1141 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.188 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9766, 63.4189, 16.1735)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE249 #8149E2

analogous

#E2CE49 #AAE249 #5DE249

triadic

#AAE249 #49AAE2 #E249AA

tetradic

#AAE249 #49E2CE #8149E2 #E2495D

square

#AAE249 #49E2CE #8149E2 #E2495D

split-complementary

#AAE249 #495DE2 #CE49E2

monochromatic

#699818 #8ECD21 #AAE249 #C3EA7E #DBF3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#AAE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE249

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE249	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)

#EDD332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.188 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eb84',
    500: '#aae249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae249;
$custom-light: #c7eb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.961,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84558,
    "c": 0.18777,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE249

secondary

#5A339C

accent

#39EF7B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE249

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

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