#AAE366#AAE366

#AAE366 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.167 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE366
RGB	rgb(170, 227, 102)
HSL	hsl(87, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(87, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 55.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -38.05, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 66.39, 124.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.1065 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.167 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4445, 64.4425, 22.5595)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE366 #9F66E3

analogous

#E3DE66 #AAE366 #6CE366

triadic

#AAE366 #66AAE3 #E366AA

tetradic

#AAE366 #66E3DE #9F66E3 #E3666C

square

#AAE366 #66E3DE #9F66E3 #E3666C

split-complementary

#AAE366 #666CE3 #DE66E3

monochromatic

#6EAF20 #8DDA32 #AAE366 #C7EC9A #E3F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AAE366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#AAE366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE366

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE366	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 227, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.167 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec95',
    500: '#aae366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae366;
$custom-light: #c6ec95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.36,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8507,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE366

secondary

#723DB0

accent

#14D16A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE366

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

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