#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
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -42.02, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 75.42, 123.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.1186 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.187 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4365, 67.5108, 19.5466)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AAE957	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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