#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
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -40.26, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 73.41, 123.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.1138 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.181 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3170, 65.2717, 19.1734)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AAE557	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)

#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

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

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