#AAE656#AAE656

#AAE656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.184 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE656
RGB	rgb(170, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -40.78, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 74.29, 123.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.1153 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.184 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5539, 65.8105, 19.0522)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE656 #9256E6

analogous

#E6DA56 #AAE656 #62E656

triadic

#AAE656 #56AAE6 #E656AA

tetradic

#AAE656 #56E6DA #9256E6 #E65662

square

#AAE656 #56E6DA #9256E6 #E65662

split-complementary

#AAE656 #5662E6 #DA56E6

monochromatic

#6DA919 #8FDE21 #AAE656 #C5EE8B #E0F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#AAE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE656

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE656	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.184 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ee8b',
    500: '#aae656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae656;
$custom-light: #c7ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85593,
    "c": 0.18352,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE656

secondary

#6636AA

accent

#0FD662

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE656

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

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