#AAE978#AAE978

#AAE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.158 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE978
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(93, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(93, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -38.86, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 62.02, 128.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.1074 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.158 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1058, 68.1785, 28.3382)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.01

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE978 #B778E9

analogous

#E3E978 #AAE978 #78E97F

triadic

#AAE978 #78AAE9 #E978AA

tetradic

#AAE978 #78E3E9 #B778E9 #E97F78

square

#AAE978 #78E3E9 #B778E9 #E97F78

split-complementary

#AAE978 #7F78E9 #E978E3

monochromatic

#6AC620 #89E043 #AAE978 #CBF2AD #ECFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#AAE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#AAE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE978

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE978	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABE1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.158 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f0a1',
    500: '#aae978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae978;
$custom-light: #c6f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.451,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86674,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE978

secondary

#8A44C1

accent

#11D47E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE978

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

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