#AAE657#AAE657

#AAE657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.183 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE657
RGB	rgb(170, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -40.70, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 73.91, 123.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.115 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.183 129)
XYZ	xyz(46.5945, 65.8267, 19.2659)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE657 #9357E6

analogous

#E6DB57 #AAE657 #63E657

triadic

#AAE657 #57AAE6 #E657AA

tetradic

#AAE657 #57E6DB #9357E6 #E65763

square

#AAE657 #57E6DB #9357E6 #E65763

split-complementary

#AAE657 #5763E6 #DB57E6

monochromatic

#6DA919 #8FDE22 #AAE657 #C5EE8C #E0F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#AAE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE657

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE657	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.183 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ee8c',
    500: '#aae657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae657;
$custom-light: #c7ee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.175,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85602,
    "c": 0.18276,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.65828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE657

secondary

#6736AB

accent

#0FD663

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE657

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

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