#AAE661#AAE661

#AAE661 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.175 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE661
RGB	rgb(170, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -39.86, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 70.00, 124.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1119 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.175 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0317, 66.0016, 21.5686)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE661 #9D61E6

analogous

#E6E061 #AAE661 #68E661

triadic

#AAE661 #61AAE6 #E661AA

tetradic

#AAE661 #61E6E0 #9D61E6 #E66168

square

#AAE661 #61E6E0 #9D61E6 #E66168

split-complementary

#AAE661 #6168E6 #E061E6

monochromatic

#6EB11C #8EDE2C #AAE661 #C6EE96 #E3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AAE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#AAE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE661

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE661	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.175 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee92',
    500: '#aae661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae661;
$custom-light: #c6ee92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.068,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.17477,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE661

secondary

#703AB1

accent

#11D569

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE661

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

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