#AAE477#AAE477

#AAE477 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.152 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE477
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(92, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -36.72, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 59.70, 127.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.1016 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.152 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6500, 65.3635, 27.5551)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.87

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE477 #B177E4

analogous

#E0E477 #AAE477 #77E47A

triadic

#AAE477 #77AAE4 #E477AA

tetradic

#AAE477 #77E0E4 #B177E4 #E47A77

square

#AAE477 #77E0E4 #B177E4 #E47A77

split-complementary

#AAE477 #7A77E4 #E477E0

monochromatic

#6BBB25 #8ADA44 #AAE477 #CAEEAA #EAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#AAE477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE477

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE477	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.152 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eca0',
    500: '#aae477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae477;
$custom-light: #c5eca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.927,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85517,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE477

secondary

#8344BB

accent

#17CF79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE477

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

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