#AAE579#AAE579

#AAE579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.152 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE579
RGB	rgb(170, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(93, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(93, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -36.95, 46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 59.38, 128.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.1021 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.152 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0473, 65.9639, 28.2863)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.68

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE579 #B479E5

analogous

#E0E579 #AAE579 #79E57E

triadic

#AAE579 #79AAE5 #E579AA

tetradic

#AAE579 #79E0E5 #B479E5 #E57E79

square

#AAE579 #79E0E5 #B479E5 #E57E79

split-complementary

#AAE579 #7E79E5 #E579E0

monochromatic

#6BBF25 #89DB46 #AAE579 #CBEFAC #EBF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#AAE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE579

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE579	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.152 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eda2',
    500: '#aae579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae579;
$custom-light: #c5eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.778,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE579

secondary

#8746BD

accent

#16CF7B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE579

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

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