#AAE860#AAE860
#AAE860 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.178 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAE860 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 232, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(87, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(87, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.56, -40.83, 58.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.56, 71.43, 124.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.15% -0.1146 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.15% 0.178 130) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5451, 67.1026, 21.5112) |
| Luminance | 0.6710 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.54
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.81
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.09
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.41
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.53
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAE860 #9E60E8
analogous
#E8E260 #AAE860 #66E860
triadic
#AAE860 #60AAE8 #E860AA
tetradic
#AAE860 #60E8E2 #9E60E8 #E86066
square
#AAE860 #60E8E2 #9E60E8 #E86066
split-complementary
#AAE860 #6066E8 #E260E8
monochromatic
#6EB41A #8DE02B #AAE860 #C7F095 #E3F7CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#AAE860 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.42
#AAE860 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAE860
14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAE860 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAE860 | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.42 | 14.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D951
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D46A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDFCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aae860; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 232, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.178 130.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7ef92',
500: '#aae860',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aae860; $custom-light: #c7ef92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aae860",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 232,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 87.353,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86153,
"c": 0.17822,
"h": 130
},
"luminance": 0.67104
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAE860
secondary
#7138B4
accent
#0FD76A
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F