#AAE55B#AAE55B

#AAE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.178 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE55B
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -39.93, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 71.87, 123.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.1126 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.178 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4849, 65.3389, 20.0581)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE55B #965BE5

analogous

#E5DB5B #AAE55B #65E55B

triadic

#AAE55B #5BAAE5 #E55BAA

tetradic

#AAE55B #5BE5DB #965BE5 #E55B65

square

#AAE55B #5BE5DB #965BE5 #E55B65

split-complementary

#AAE55B #5B65E5 #DB5BE5

monochromatic

#6DAB1B #8FDD26 #AAE55B #C5ED90 #E1F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#AAE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE55B

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE55B	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.178 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ed8e',
    500: '#aae55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae55b;
$custom-light: #c7ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85411,
    "c": 0.17835,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE55B

secondary

#6A38AC

accent

#11D565

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE55B

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

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