#AAE378#AAE378

#AAE378 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.150 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE378
RGB	rgb(170, 227, 120)
HSL	hsl(92, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 0%, 47.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -36.16, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 58.71, 128.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0999 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.15 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4361, 64.8391, 27.7816)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE378 #B178E3

analogous

#DFE378 #AAE378 #78E37B

triadic

#AAE378 #78AAE3 #E378AA

tetradic

#AAE378 #78DFE3 #B178E3 #E37B78

square

#AAE378 #78DFE3 #B178E3 #E37B78

split-complementary

#AAE378 #7B78E3 #E378DF

monochromatic

#6BBA27 #8AD845 #AAE378 #CAEEAB #EAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AAE378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#AAE378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE378

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE378	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 227, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.150 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eca1',
    500: '#aae378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae378;
$custom-light: #c5eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.963,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85303,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE378

secondary

#8345BA

accent

#18CD79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE378

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

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