#AAE965#AAE965

#AAE965 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.175 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE965
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -40.82, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 69.95, 125.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.1142 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.175 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0649, 67.7622, 22.8564)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE965 #A465E9

analogous

#E9E665 #AAE965 #68E965

triadic

#AAE965 #65AAE9 #E965AA

tetradic

#AAE965 #65E9E6 #A465E9 #E96568

square

#AAE965 #65E9E6 #A465E9 #E96568

split-complementary

#AAE965 #6568E9 #E665E9

monochromatic

#6DB91A #8CE12F #AAE965 #C8F19B #E5F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AAE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#AAE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE965

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE965	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.175 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f095',
    500: '#aae965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae965;
$custom-light: #c6f095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86437,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE965

secondary

#763AB9

accent

#0ED76E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE965

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

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