#AAE962#AAE962

#AAE962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.178 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE962
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(88, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -41.09, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 71.15, 125.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.1152 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.178 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9206, 67.7044, 22.0964)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.55

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE962 #A162E9

analogous

#E9E562 #AAE962 #67E962

triadic

#AAE962 #62AAE9 #E962AA

tetradic

#AAE962 #62E9E5 #A162E9 #E96267

square

#AAE962 #62E9E5 #A162E9 #E96267

split-complementary

#AAE962 #6267E9 #E562E9

monochromatic

#6EB71A #8DE12C #AAE962 #C7F198 #E4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AAE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#AAE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE962

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE962	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.178 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f093',
    500: '#aae962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae962;
$custom-light: #c6f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86405,
    "c": 0.17787,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE962

secondary

#7338B7

accent

#0ED86C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE962

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

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