#AAE456#AAE456

#AAE456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.181 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE456
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -39.90, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 73.29, 122.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.1129 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.181 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0005, 64.7037, 18.8678)
Luminance	0.6471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE456 #9056E4

analogous

#E4D756 #AAE456 #63E456

triadic

#AAE456 #56AAE4 #E456AA

tetradic

#AAE456 #56E4D7 #9056E4 #E45663

square

#AAE456 #56E4D7 #9056E4 #E45663

split-complementary

#AAE456 #5663E4 #D756E4

monochromatic

#6DA51A #8FDA23 #AAE456 #C5EC8B #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AAE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#AAE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE456

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE456	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.181 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8b',
    500: '#aae456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae456;
$custom-light: #c7ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.507,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85132,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE456

secondary

#6537A7

accent

#11D561

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE456

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

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