#AAE561#AAE561
#AAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.173 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAE561 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 229, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(87, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(87, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.71, -39.41, 57.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.71, 69.48, 124.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.47% -0.1106 0.1336) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.47% 0.173 129.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7542, 65.4466, 21.4761) |
| Luminance | 0.6545 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.06
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.15
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.69
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.03
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.14
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAE561 #9C61E5
analogous
#E5DE61 #AAE561 #68E561
triadic
#AAE561 #61AAE5 #E561AA
tetradic
#AAE561 #61E5DE #9C61E5 #E56168
square
#AAE561 #61E5DE #9C61E5 #E56168
split-complementary
#AAE561 #6168E5 #DE61E5
monochromatic
#6EAF1D #8EDC2C #AAE561 #C6EE96 #E3F6CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#AAE561 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.09
#AAE561 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAE561
14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAE561 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAE561 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.09 | 14.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D26A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aae561; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.173 129.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ed92',
500: '#aae561',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aae561; $custom-light: #c6ed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aae561",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 229,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.818,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85473,
"c": 0.17345,
"h": 129.6
},
"luminance": 0.65448
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAE561
secondary
#6F3AB0
accent
#12D468
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F