#AAE479#AAE479

#AAE479 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.150 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE479
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(93, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(93, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -36.49, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 58.83, 128.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.1008 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.15 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7714, 65.4121, 28.1943)
Luminance	0.6541 (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

#AAE479 #B379E4

analogous

#E0E479 #AAE479 #79E47D

triadic

#AAE479 #79AAE4 #E479AA

tetradic

#AAE479 #79E0E4 #B379E4 #E47D79

square

#AAE479 #79E0E4 #B379E4 #E47D79

split-complementary

#AAE479 #7D79E4 #E479E0

monochromatic

#6BBD26 #8ADA46 #AAE479 #CAEEAC #EBF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#AAE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE479

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE479	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)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.150 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eca2',
    500: '#aae479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae479;
$custom-light: #c5eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.523,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85545,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE479

secondary

#8646BB

accent

#17CE7A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE479

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

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