#AAE759#AAE759

#AAE759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.182 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE759
RGB	rgb(170, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -40.98, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 73.65, 123.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.1156 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.183 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9564, 66.4180, 19.7953)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE759 #9659E7

analogous

#E7DD59 #AAE759 #63E759

triadic

#AAE759 #59AAE7 #E759AA

tetradic

#AAE759 #59E7DD #9659E7 #E75963

square

#AAE759 #59E7DD #9659E7 #E75963

split-complementary

#AAE759 #5963E7 #DD59E7

monochromatic

#6DAD19 #8FDF24 #AAE759 #C5EF8E #E1F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#AAE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#AAE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE759

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE759	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.182 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ef8d',
    500: '#aae759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae759;
$custom-light: #c7ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.775,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85852,
    "c": 0.1825,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE759

secondary

#6A36AE

accent

#0FD765

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE759

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

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