#AAE55E#AAE55E

#AAE55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.176 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE55E
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -39.68, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 70.68, 124.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.1116 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.176 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6170, 65.3917, 20.7533)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE55E #995EE5

analogous

#E5DC5E #AAE55E #66E55E

triadic

#AAE55E #5EAAE5 #E55EAA

tetradic

#AAE55E #5EE5DC #995EE5 #E55E66

square

#AAE55E #5EE5DC #995EE5 #E55E66

split-complementary

#AAE55E #5E66E5 #DC5EE5

monochromatic

#6DAD1C #8EDC29 #AAE55E #C6EE93 #E2F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#AAE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#AAE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE55E

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE55E	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)

#EFD64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.176 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed90',
    500: '#aae55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae55e;
$custom-light: #c6ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.222,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85442,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE55E

secondary

#6C39AE

accent

#11D466

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE55E

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

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