#AAE253#AAE253

#AAE253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.181 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE253
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(83, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -39.24, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 73.43, 122.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.1113 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.181 128)
XYZ	xyz(45.3352, 63.5624, 18.0622)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.91

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE253 #8B53E2

analogous

#E2D353 #AAE253 #62E253

triadic

#AAE253 #53AAE2 #E253AA

tetradic

#AAE253 #53E2D3 #8B53E2 #E25362

square

#AAE253 #53E2D3 #8B53E2 #E25362

split-complementary

#AAE253 #5362E2 #D353E2

monochromatic

#6CA01B #8FD424 #AAE253 #C4EB87 #DEF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#AAE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE253

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE253	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.181 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eb89',
    500: '#aae253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae253;
$custom-light: #c7eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.497,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84643,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.63563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE253

secondary

#6137A3

accent

#12D35E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE253

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

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