#AAE457#AAE457

#AAE457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.180 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE457
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -39.82, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 72.91, 123.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.1126 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.18 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0411, 64.7200, 19.0815)
Luminance	0.6472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE457 #9157E4

analogous

#E4D857 #AAE457 #64E457

triadic

#AAE457 #57AAE4 #E457AA

tetradic

#AAE457 #57E4D8 #9157E4 #E45764

square

#AAE457 #57E4D8 #9157E4 #E45764

split-complementary

#AAE457 #5764E4 #D857E4

monochromatic

#6DA61B #8FDB23 #AAE457 #C5EC8C #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AAE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#AAE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE457

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE457	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.180 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8c',
    500: '#aae457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae457;
$custom-light: #c7ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85141,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE457

secondary

#6637A8

accent

#11D461

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE457

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

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