#AAE255#AAE255

#AAE255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.179 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE255
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -39.09, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 72.67, 122.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.1107 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.179 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4135, 63.5937, 18.4747)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE255 #8D55E2

analogous

#E2D355 #AAE255 #63E255

triadic

#AAE255 #55AAE2 #E255AA

tetradic

#AAE255 #55E2D3 #8D55E2 #E25563

square

#AAE255 #55E2D3 #8D55E2 #E25563

split-complementary

#AAE255 #5563E2 #D355E2

monochromatic

#6CA11B #8FD524 #AAE255 #C4EB89 #DEF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#AAE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE255

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE255	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.179 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eb8b',
    500: '#aae255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae255;
$custom-light: #c7eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.83,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84661,
    "c": 0.17919,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE255

secondary

#6237A4

accent

#13D35F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE255

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

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