#AAE461#AAE461
#AAE461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.172 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAE461 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 228, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(87, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(87, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.43, -38.97, 56.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.43, 68.96, 124.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.24% -0.1094 0.1329) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.24% 0.172 129.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4783, 64.8948, 21.3841) |
| Luminance | 0.6490 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.16
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.34
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.91
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.24
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.35
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAE461 #9B61E4
analogous
#E4DC61 #AAE461 #68E461
triadic
#AAE461 #61AAE4 #E461AA
tetradic
#AAE461 #61E4DC #9B61E4 #E46168
square
#AAE461 #61E4DC #9B61E4 #E46168
split-complementary
#AAE461 #6168E4 #DC61E4
monochromatic
#6EAD1E #8EDB2D #AAE461 #C6ED95 #E2F6CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#AAE461 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.98
#AAE461 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAE461
13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAE461 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAE461 | 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)
#EED553
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D16A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDBC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aae461; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.172 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ec92',
500: '#aae461',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aae461; $custom-light: #c6ec92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aae461",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 228,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.565,
"s": 70.811,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85243,
"c": 0.17213,
"h": 129.5
},
"luminance": 0.64896
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAE461
secondary
#6E3BAE
accent
#13D368
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83847F