#AAE877#AAE877

#AAE877 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.158 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE877
RGB	rgb(170, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(93, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(93, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 48.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -38.53, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 61.90, 128.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.1066 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.158 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7631, 67.5898, 27.9261)
Luminance	0.6759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.18

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE877 #B577E8

analogous

#E3E877 #AAE877 #77E87D

triadic

#AAE877 #77AAE8 #E877AA

tetradic

#AAE877 #77E3E8 #B577E8 #E87D77

square

#AAE877 #77E3E8 #B577E8 #E87D77

split-complementary

#AAE877 #7D77E8 #E877E3

monochromatic

#6AC421 #89DF43 #AAE877 #CBF1AB #EBFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#AAE877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#AAE877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE877

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE877	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.158 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6efa0',
    500: '#aae877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae877;
$custom-light: #c6efa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.92,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86431,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE877

secondary

#8843C0

accent

#12D37C

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE877

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

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