#AAE259#AAE259

#AAE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.176 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE259
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -38.76, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 71.12, 123.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.1095 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.176 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5769, 63.6591, 19.3354)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE259 #9159E2

analogous

#E2D659 #AAE259 #66E259

triadic

#AAE259 #59AAE2 #E259AA

tetradic

#AAE259 #59E2D6 #9159E2 #E25966

square

#AAE259 #59E2D6 #9159E2 #E25966

split-complementary

#AAE259 #5966E2 #D659E2

monochromatic

#6DA41D #8FD826 #AAE259 #C5EB8D #DFF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#AAE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#AAE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE259

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE259	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.176 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6eb8d',
    500: '#aae259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae259;
$custom-light: #c6eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.526,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.847,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE259

secondary

#6639A6

accent

#13D261

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE259

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

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