#AAE357#AAE357

#AAE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.179 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE357
RGB	rgb(170, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -39.37, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 72.41, 122.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.1114 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.179 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7668, 64.1714, 18.9900)
Luminance	0.6417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE357 #9057E3

analogous

#E3D657 #AAE357 #64E357

triadic

#AAE357 #57AAE3 #E357AA

tetradic

#AAE357 #57E3D6 #9057E3 #E35764

square

#AAE357 #57E3D6 #9057E3 #E35764

split-complementary

#AAE357 #5764E3 #D657E3

monochromatic

#6DA41B #8FD924 #AAE357 #C5EC8B #DFF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AAE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#AAE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE357

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE357	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)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.179 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8c',
    500: '#aae357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae357;
$custom-light: #c7ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84911,
    "c": 0.17893,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE357

secondary

#6538A7

accent

#12D361

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE357

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

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