#AAE557#AAE557

#AAE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.181 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAE557
RGBrgb(170, 229, 87)
HSLhsl(85, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(85, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(25.8%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(84.62, -40.26, 61.39)
CIE-LCHlch(84.62, 73.41, 123.26°)
OKLaboklab(85.37% -0.1138 0.1414)
OKLCHoklch(85.37% 0.181 128.8)
XYZxyz(46.3170, 65.2717, 19.1734)
Luminance0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAE557 #9257E5
analogous
#E5D957 #AAE557 #63E557
triadic
#AAE557 #57AAE5 #E557AA
tetradic
#AAE557 #57E5D9 #9257E5 #E55763
square
#AAE557 #57E5D9 #9257E5 #E55763
split-complementary
#AAE557 #5763E5 #D957E5
monochromatic
#6DA81A #8FDD22 #AAE557 #C5ED8C #E0F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49
#AAE557 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05
#AAE557 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE557
14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAE557#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAE5571.001.4914.0514.05
#FFFFFF1.491.0021.0021.00
#00000014.0521.001.001.00
##00000014.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD646
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFDBC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aae557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.181 128.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ed8c',
    500: '#aae557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aae557;
$custom-light: #c7ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aae557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.93,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85372,
    "c": 0.18148,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAE557
secondary
#6637AA
accent
#10D562
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE557

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#AAE557 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva