#AAE261#AAE261
#AAE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.169 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAE261 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 226, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.86, -38.07, 56.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.86, 67.93, 124.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.78% -0.1069 0.1315) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.78% 0.169 129.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9313, 63.8008, 21.2018) |
| Luminance | 0.6380 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.38
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.74
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 5.36
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.69
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.77
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAE261 #9961E2
analogous
#E2DA61 #AAE261 #69E261
triadic
#AAE261 #61AAE2 #E261AA
tetradic
#AAE261 #61E2DA #9961E2 #E26169
square
#AAE261 #61E2DA #9961E2 #E26169
split-complementary
#AAE261 #6169E2 #DA61E2
monochromatic
#6DA91F #8ED92D #AAE261 #C6EB95 #E2F5C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#AAE261 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.76
#AAE261 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAE261
13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAE261 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAE261 | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.76 | 13.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D06A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AED9C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aae261; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.169 129.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6eb92',
500: '#aae261',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aae261; $custom-light: #c6eb92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aae261",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 226,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.047,
"s": 68.984,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84784,
"c": 0.16949,
"h": 129.1
},
"luminance": 0.63802
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAE261
secondary
#6C3CAB
accent
#15D166
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83847F