#AAE481#AAE481

#AAE481 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.142 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE481
RGB	rgb(170, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(95, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(95, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -35.53, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 55.31, 129.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0977 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.142 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2825, 65.6165, 30.8860)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE481 #BB81E4

analogous

#DBE481 #AAE481 #81E48A

triadic

#AAE481 #81AAE4 #E481AA

tetradic

#AAE481 #81DBE4 #BB81E4 #E48A81

square

#AAE481 #81DBE4 #BB81E4 #E48A81

split-complementary

#AAE481 #8A81E4 #E481DB

monochromatic

#68C129 #88D94F #AAE481 #CCEFB3 #EEFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#AAE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE481

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE481	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.142 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eca7',
    500: '#aae481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae481;
$custom-light: #c5eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.152,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85664,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE481

secondary

#8E4DBC

accent

#19CD82

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF6

border

#D2D5D0

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE481

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

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