#AAE959#AAE959

#AAE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.185 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE959
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -41.86, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 74.66, 124.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.118 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.185 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5193, 67.5439, 19.9829)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE959 #9859E9

analogous

#E9E059 #AAE959 #62E959

triadic

#AAE959 #59AAE9 #E959AA

tetradic

#AAE959 #59E9E0 #9859E9 #E95962

square

#AAE959 #59E9E0 #9859E9 #E95962

split-complementary

#AAE959 #5962E9 #E059E9

monochromatic

#6DB017 #8EE223 #AAE959 #C6F08F #E1F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#AAE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#AAE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE959

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE959	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEE0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.185 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f08d',
    500: '#aae959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae959;
$custom-light: #c7f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86313,
    "c": 0.18506,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE959

secondary

#6B35B1

accent

#0DD966

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE959

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

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