#AAE556#AAE556

#AAE556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.182 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE556
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -40.34, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 73.79, 123.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.1141 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.182 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2764, 65.2555, 18.9598)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE556 #9156E5

analogous

#E5D856 #AAE556 #63E556

triadic

#AAE556 #56AAE5 #E556AA

tetradic

#AAE556 #56E5D8 #9156E5 #E55663

square

#AAE556 #56E5D8 #9156E5 #E55663

split-complementary

#AAE556 #5663E5 #D856E5

monochromatic

#6DA71A #8FDC22 #AAE556 #C5ED8B #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#AAE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE556

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE556	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.182 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ed8b',
    500: '#aae556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae556;
$custom-light: #c7ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.755,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85362,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE556

secondary

#6636A9

accent

#10D561

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE556

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

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