#AAE551#AAE551

#AAE551 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.186 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE551
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -40.72, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 75.66, 122.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.1156 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.186 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0820, 65.1777, 17.9357)
Luminance	0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE551 #8C51E5

analogous

#E5D651 #AAE551 #60E551

triadic

#AAE551 #51AAE5 #E551AA

tetradic

#AAE551 #51E5D6 #8C51E5 #E55160

square

#AAE551 #51E5D6 #8C51E5 #E55160

split-complementary

#AAE551 #5160E5 #D651E5

monochromatic

#6CA318 #8FD820 #AAE551 #C4ED86 #DEF5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AAE551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#AAE551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE551

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE551	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.186 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ed89',
    500: '#aae551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae551;
$custom-light: #c7ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.919,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85317,
    "c": 0.18595,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE551

secondary

#6235A6

accent

#0FD65F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE551

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

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