#AAE55D#AAE55D

#AAE55D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.177 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE55D
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -39.76, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 71.08, 124.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.1119 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.177 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5724, 65.3739, 20.5185)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE55D #985DE5

analogous

#E5DC5D #AAE55D #66E55D

triadic

#AAE55D #5DAAE5 #E55DAA

tetradic

#AAE55D #5DE5DC #985DE5 #E55D66

square

#AAE55D #5DE5DC #985DE5 #E55D66

split-complementary

#AAE55D #5D66E5 #DC5DE5

monochromatic

#6DAC1C #8EDD28 #AAE55D #C6ED92 #E1F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#AAE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE55D

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE55D	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.177 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed90',
    500: '#aae55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae55d;
$custom-light: #c6ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.029,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85431,
    "c": 0.17675,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE55D

secondary

#6B39AD

accent

#11D466

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE55D

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

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