#AAE969#AAE969

#AAE969 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.172 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE969
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(90, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -40.44, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 68.32, 126.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.1128 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.172 131)
XYZ	xyz(48.2657, 67.8425, 23.9138)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE969 #A869E9

analogous

#E9E869 #AAE969 #6AE969

triadic

#AAE969 #69AAE9 #E969AA

tetradic

#AAE969 #69E9E8 #A869E9 #E9696A

square

#AAE969 #69E9E8 #A869E9 #E9696A

split-complementary

#AAE969 #696AE9 #E869E9

monochromatic

#6DBC1C #8CE134 #AAE969 #C8F19E #E6F9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AAE969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#AAE969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE969

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE969	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.172 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f097',
    500: '#aae969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae969;
$custom-light: #c6f097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.531,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86483,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.67844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE969

secondary

#7A3BBB

accent

#0FD771

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160E

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE969

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

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