#AAE651#AAE651

#AAE651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.187 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE651
RGB	rgb(170, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -41.16, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 76.15, 122.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.1168 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.187 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3594, 65.7327, 18.0282)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE651 #8D51E6

analogous

#E6D751 #AAE651 #5FE651

triadic

#AAE651 #51AAE6 #E651AA

tetradic

#AAE651 #51E6D7 #8D51E6 #E6515F

square

#AAE651 #51E6D7 #8D51E6 #E6515F

split-complementary

#AAE651 #515FE6 #D751E6

monochromatic

#6CA518 #8FDA1F #AAE651 #C4EE87 #DEF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#AAE651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE651

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE651	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.187 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ee89',
    500: '#aae651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae651;
$custom-light: #c7ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.161,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85548,
    "c": 0.1872,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE651

secondary

#6234A7

accent

#0ED75F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE651

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

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