#AAE462#AAE462

#AAE462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.171 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE462
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -38.88, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 68.56, 124.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.1091 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.171 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5252, 64.9136, 21.6313)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE462 #9C62E4

analogous

#E4DD62 #AAE462 #69E462

triadic

#AAE462 #62AAE4 #E462AA

tetradic

#AAE462 #62E4DD #9C62E4 #E46269

square

#AAE462 #62E4DD #9C62E4 #E46269

split-complementary

#AAE462 #6269E4 #DD62E4

monochromatic

#6EAE1E #8EDB2E #AAE462 #C6ED96 #E3F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AAE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#AAE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE462

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE462	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)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.171 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec93',
    500: '#aae462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae462;
$custom-light: #c6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.769,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85254,
    "c": 0.17129,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE462

secondary

#6F3BAF

accent

#13D368

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE462

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

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