#AAE359#AAE359

#AAE359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.177 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE359
RGB	rgb(170, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -39.21, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 71.63, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.1107 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.177 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8496, 64.2045, 19.4263)
Luminance	0.6421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE359 #9259E3

analogous

#E3D759 #AAE359 #65E359

triadic

#AAE359 #59AAE3 #E359AA

tetradic

#AAE359 #59E3D7 #9259E3 #E35965

square

#AAE359 #59E3D7 #9259E3 #E35965

split-complementary

#AAE359 #5965E3 #D759E3

monochromatic

#6DA61C #8FDA25 #AAE359 #C5EC8D #E0F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AAE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#AAE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE359

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE359	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.177 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8d',
    500: '#aae359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae359;
$custom-light: #c7ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.783,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8493,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE359

secondary

#6638A8

accent

#12D362

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE359

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

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