#AAE459#AAE459

#AAE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.179 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE459
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -39.65, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 72.14, 123.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.112 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.179 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1239, 64.7531, 19.5178)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE459 #9359E4

analogous

#E4D959 #AAE459 #65E459

triadic

#AAE459 #59AAE4 #E459AA

tetradic

#AAE459 #59E4D9 #9359E4 #E45965

square

#AAE459 #59E4D9 #9359E4 #E45965

split-complementary

#AAE459 #5965E4 #D959E4

monochromatic

#6DA71B #8FDB24 #AAE459 #C5ED8E #E0F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#AAE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#AAE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE459

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE459	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.179 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ec8d',
    500: '#aae459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae459;
$custom-light: #c7ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.036,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85161,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE459

secondary

#6738A9

accent

#11D463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE459

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

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