#AAE266#AAE266

#AAE266 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.165 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE266
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 102)
HSL	hsl(87, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 54.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -37.60, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 65.87, 124.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.1052 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.165 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1718, 63.8970, 22.4686)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE266 #9E66E2

analogous

#E2DC66 #AAE266 #6CE266

triadic

#AAE266 #66AAE2 #E266AA

tetradic

#AAE266 #66E2DC #9E66E2 #E2666C

square

#AAE266 #66E2DC #9E66E2 #E2666C

split-complementary

#AAE266 #666CE2 #DC66E2

monochromatic

#6EAD21 #8DD833 #AAE266 #C7EC99 #E3F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AAE266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#AAE266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE266

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE266	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.165 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6eb95',
    500: '#aae266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae266;
$custom-light: #c6eb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.097,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84841,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE266

secondary

#713EAE

accent

#15D06A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE266

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

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