#AAE987#AAE987

#AAE987 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.143 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAE987
RGB	rgb(170, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(99, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(99, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -37.05, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 55.50, 131.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.1016 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.143 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0885, 68.5716, 33.5136)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAE987 #C687E9

analogous

#DBE987 #AAE987 #87E995

triadic

#AAE987 #87AAE9 #E987AA

tetradic

#AAE987 #87DBE9 #C687E9 #E99587

square

#AAE987 #87DBE9 #C687E9 #E99587

split-complementary

#AAE987 #9587E9 #E987DB

monochromatic

#63D026 #85E053 #AAE987 #CFF2BB #EDFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#AAE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#AAE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAE987

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAE987	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aae987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.143 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5f0ab',
    500: '#aae987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aae987;
$custom-light: #c5f0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aae987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.571,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86896,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAE987

secondary

#9A52C3

accent

#15D18E

background

#FDFFFD

surface

#F9FEF7

border

#D2D6D0

text

#131610

muted

#828581

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAE987

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

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