#AAE859#AAE859

#AAE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.184 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE859
RGB	rgb(170, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -41.42, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 74.16, 123.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.1168 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.184 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2371, 66.9794, 19.8888)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE859 #9759E8

analogous

#E8DE59 #AAE859 #62E859

triadic

#AAE859 #59AAE8 #E859AA

tetradic

#AAE859 #59E8DE #9759E8 #E85962

square

#AAE859 #59E8DE #9759E8 #E85962

split-complementary

#AAE859 #5962E8 #DE59E8

monochromatic

#6DAE18 #8EE123 #AAE859 #C6EF8F #E1F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#AAE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#AAE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE859

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE859	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.184 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ef8d',
    500: '#aae859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae859;
$custom-light: #c7ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.014,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86083,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE859

secondary

#6B36AF

accent

#0ED865

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE859

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

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