#AAE970#AAE970
#AAE970 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.166 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AAE970 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 233, 112) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 52%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.00, -39.73, 51.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.00, 65.41, 127.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.57% -0.1104 0.1235) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.57% 0.166 131.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6404, 67.9924, 25.8872) |
| Luminance | 0.6799 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 3.67
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 4.26
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.34
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.61
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.72
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AAE970 #AF70E9
analogous
#E6E970 #AAE970 #70E973
triadic
#AAE970 #70AAE9 #E970AA
tetradic
#AAE970 #70E6E9 #AF70E9 #E97370
square
#AAE970 #70E6E9 #AF70E9 #E97370
split-complementary
#AAE970 #7370E9 #E970E6
monochromatic
#6CC11E #8AE13B #AAE970 #CAF1A5 #E9F9DA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#AAE970 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.60
#AAE970 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AAE970
14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AAE970 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AAE970 | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.60 | 14.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2DA65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D578
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACE1CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aae970; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 112); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.166 131.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6f09c',
500: '#aae970',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aae970; $custom-light: #c6f09c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aae970",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 233,
"b": 112
},
"hsl": {
"h": 91.24,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86568,
"c": 0.16565,
"h": 131.8
},
"luminance": 0.67994
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AAE970
secondary
#813EC0
accent
#10D577
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF5
border
#D2D6CF
text
#13160E
muted
#82857F