#AAE474#AAE474

#AAE474 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.155 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE474
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(91, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(91, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -37.06, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 61.00, 127.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.1027 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.155 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4727, 65.2926, 26.6212)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.90

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE474 #AE74E4

analogous

#E2E474 #AAE474 #74E476

triadic

#AAE474 #74AAE4 #E474AA

tetradic

#AAE474 #74E2E4 #AE74E4 #E47674

square

#AAE474 #74E2E4 #AE74E4 #E47674

split-complementary

#AAE474 #7674E4 #E474E2

monochromatic

#6CBA24 #8BDA41 #AAE474 #C9EEA7 #E9F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#AAE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE474

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE474	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.155 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec9e',
    500: '#aae474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae474;
$custom-light: #c6ec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85475,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE474

secondary

#8043BA

accent

#16CF76

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE474

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

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