#AAE272#AAE272

#AAE272 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.154 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE272
RGB	rgb(170, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(90, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(90, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 0%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -36.37, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 60.77, 126.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.1009 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.154 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8106, 64.1525, 25.8327)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE272 #AA72E2

analogous

#E2E272 #AAE272 #72E272

triadic

#AAE272 #72AAE2 #E272AA

tetradic

#AAE272 #72E2E2 #AA72E2 #E27272

square

#AAE272 #72E2E2 #AA72E2 #E27272

split-complementary

#AAE272 #7272E2 #E272E2

monochromatic

#6DB425 #8BD83F #AAE272 #C9ECA5 #E7F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AAE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#AAE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE272

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE272	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.154 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6eb9d',
    500: '#aae272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae272;
$custom-light: #c6eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84991,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE272

secondary

#7C43B5

accent

#18CE73

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE272

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

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