#AAE659#AAE659

#AAE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.181 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE659
RGB	rgb(170, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -40.54, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 73.15, 123.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.1144 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.181 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6773, 65.8598, 19.7022)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE659 #9559E6

analogous

#E6DC59 #AAE659 #63E659

triadic

#AAE659 #59AAE6 #E659AA

tetradic

#AAE659 #59E6DC #9559E6 #E65963

square

#AAE659 #59E6DC #9559E6 #E65963

split-complementary

#AAE659 #5963E6 #DC59E6

monochromatic

#6DAB1A #8FDE24 #AAE659 #C5EE8E #E0F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#AAE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE659

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE659	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)

#F0D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.181 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ee8d',
    500: '#aae659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae659;
$custom-light: #c7ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.532,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85621,
    "c": 0.18122,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE659

secondary

#6937AC

accent

#10D664

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE659

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

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