#AAE472#AAE472

#AAE472 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.157 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE472
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(91, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(91, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -37.28, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 61.86, 127.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.1034 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.157 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3576, 65.2466, 26.0151)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE472 #AC72E4

analogous

#E3E472 #AAE472 #72E473

triadic

#AAE472 #72AAE4 #E472AA

tetradic

#AAE472 #72E3E4 #AC72E4 #E47372

square

#AAE472 #72E3E4 #AC72E4 #E47372

split-complementary

#AAE472 #7372E4 #E472E3

monochromatic

#6CB823 #8BDA3F #AAE472 #C9EEA5 #E8F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#AAE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE472

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE472	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.157 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec9d',
    500: '#aae472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae472;
$custom-light: #c6ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.526,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85449,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE472

secondary

#7E42B9

accent

#16D074

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE472

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

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