#AAE356#AAE356

#AAE356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.180 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE356
RGB	rgb(170, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -39.45, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 72.79, 122.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.1117 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.18 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7262, 64.1551, 18.7764)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE356 #8F56E3

analogous

#E3D656 #AAE356 #64E356

triadic

#AAE356 #56AAE3 #E356AA

tetradic

#AAE356 #56E3D6 #8F56E3 #E35664

square

#AAE356 #56E3D6 #8F56E3 #E35664

split-complementary

#AAE356 #5664E3 #D656E3

monochromatic

#6CA41B #8FD824 #AAE356 #C4EC8B #DFF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AAE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#AAE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE356

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE356	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)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.180 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8b',
    500: '#aae356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae356;
$custom-light: #c7ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.255,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84901,
    "c": 0.17969,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE356

secondary

#6437A6

accent

#12D460

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE356

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

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