#AAE85B#AAE85B

#AAE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.182 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE85B
RGB	rgb(170, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -41.26, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 73.39, 124.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.1162 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.182 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3222, 67.0134, 20.3372)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE85B #995BE8

analogous

#E8DF5B #AAE85B #63E85B

triadic

#AAE85B #5BAAE8 #E85BAA

tetradic

#AAE85B #5BE8DF #995BE8 #E85B63

square

#AAE85B #5BE8DF #995BE8 #E85B63

split-complementary

#AAE85B #5B63E8 #DF5BE8

monochromatic

#6DB019 #8EE025 #AAE85B #C6F091 #E2F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#AAE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#AAE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE85B

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE85B	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)

#F2D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.182 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ef8f',
    500: '#aae85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae85b;
$custom-light: #c7ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.383,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86102,
    "c": 0.18222,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE85B

secondary

#6C37B1

accent

#0ED867

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE85B

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

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