#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
RGBrgb(170, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(86, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(86, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(85.78, -41.86, 61.82)
CIE-LCHlch(85.78, 74.66, 124.10°)
OKLaboklab(86.31% -0.118 0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(86.31% 0.185 129.6)
XYZxyz(47.5193, 67.5439, 19.9829)
Luminance0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##AAE9591.001.4514.5114.51
#FFFFFF1.451.0021.0021.00
#00000014.5121.001.001.00
##00000014.5121.001.001.00

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

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#AAE959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva