#AAE256#AAE256

#AAE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.178 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE256
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -39.01, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 72.29, 122.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.1104 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.178 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4535, 63.6097, 18.6855)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE256 #8E56E2

analogous

#E2D456 #AAE256 #64E256

triadic

#AAE256 #56AAE2 #E256AA

tetradic

#AAE256 #56E2D4 #8E56E2 #E25664

square

#AAE256 #56E2D4 #8E56E2 #E25664

split-complementary

#AAE256 #5664E2 #D456E2

monochromatic

#6CA21C #8FD625 #AAE256 #C4EB8A #DFF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#AAE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE256

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE256	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)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.178 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7eb8b',
    500: '#aae256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae256;
$custom-light: #c7eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84671,
    "c": 0.17843,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE256

secondary

#6338A5

accent

#13D360

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE256

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

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