#AAE460#AAE460

#AAE460 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.173 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE460
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -39.06, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 69.37, 124.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.1097 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.173 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4320, 64.8763, 21.1401)
Luminance	0.6488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE460 #9A60E4

analogous

#E4DC60 #AAE460 #68E460

triadic

#AAE460 #60AAE4 #E460AA

tetradic

#AAE460 #60E4DC #9A60E4 #E46068

square

#AAE460 #60E4DC #9A60E4 #E46068

split-complementary

#AAE460 #6068E4 #DC60E4

monochromatic

#6DAC1D #8EDB2C #AAE460 #C6ED94 #E2F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AAE460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#AAE460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE460

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE460	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.173 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec91',
    500: '#aae460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae460;
$custom-light: #c6ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.364,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85233,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE460

secondary

#6D3AAE

accent

#13D367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE460

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

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