#AAE957#AAE957

#AAE957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.187 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAE957
RGBrgb(170, 233, 87)
HSLhsl(86, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(85.76, -42.02, 62.63)
CIE-LCHlch(85.76, 75.42, 123.86°)
OKLaboklab(86.3% -0.1186 0.144)
OKLCHoklch(86.3% 0.187 129.5)
XYZxyz(47.4365, 67.5108, 19.5466)
Luminance0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAE957 #9657E9
analogous
#E9DF57 #AAE957 #61E957
triadic
#AAE957 #57AAE9 #E957AA
tetradic
#AAE957 #57E9DF #9657E9 #E95761
square
#AAE957 #57E9DF #9657E9 #E95761
split-complementary
#AAE957 #5761E9 #DF57E9
monochromatic
#6DAF17 #8FE221 #AAE957 #C5F08D #E1F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45
#AAE957 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50
#AAE957 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE957
14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAE957#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAE9571.001.4514.5014.50
#FFFFFF1.451.0021.0021.00
#00000014.5021.001.001.00
##00000014.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D945
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD562
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDFCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aae957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.187 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f08c',
    500: '#aae957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aae957;
$custom-light: #c7f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aae957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.89,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86295,
    "c": 0.18658,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAE957
secondary
#6A35AF
accent
#0CD965
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE957

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#AAE957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva