#AAE951#AAE951

#AAE951 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.191 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE951
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -42.47, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 77.63, 123.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.1204 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.191 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2015, 67.4168, 18.3089)
Luminance	0.6742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE951 #9051E9

analogous

#E9DC51 #AAE951 #5EE951

triadic

#AAE951 #51AAE9 #E951AA

tetradic

#AAE951 #51E9DC #9051E9 #E9515E

square

#AAE951 #51E9DC #9051E9 #E9515E

split-complementary

#AAE951 #515EE9 #DC51E9

monochromatic

#6DAA16 #8FE01C #AAE951 #C5F087 #DFF7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#AAE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#AAE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE951

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE951	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.191 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f089',
    500: '#aae951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae951;
$custom-light: #c7f089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.868,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86241,
    "c": 0.19094,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE951

secondary

#6533AB

accent

#0CDA61

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE951

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

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