#AAE478#AAE478

#AAE478 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.151 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE478
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(92, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -36.61, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 59.26, 128.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.1012 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.151 132)
XYZ	xyz(47.7104, 65.3877, 27.8730)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.86

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE478 #B278E4

analogous

#E0E478 #AAE478 #78E47C

triadic

#AAE478 #78AAE4 #E478AA

tetradic

#AAE478 #78E0E4 #B278E4 #E47C78

square

#AAE478 #78E0E4 #B278E4 #E47C78

split-complementary

#AAE478 #7C78E4 #E478E0

monochromatic

#6BBC26 #8ADA45 #AAE478 #CAEEAB #EAF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#AAE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE478

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE478	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.151 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eca1',
    500: '#aae478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae478;
$custom-light: #c5eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.222,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85531,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.65389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE478

secondary

#8445BB

accent

#17CF7A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE478

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

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