#AEE179#AEE179

#AEE179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE179
RGB	rgb(174, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(89, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(89, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -33.69, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 56.56, 126.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0932 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.144 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8314, 64.2286, 27.9628)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE179 #AC79E1

analogous

#E1E079 #AEE179 #7AE179

triadic

#AEE179 #79AEE1 #E179AE

tetradic

#AEE179 #79E1E0 #AC79E1 #E1797A

square

#AEE179 #79E1E0 #AC79E1 #E1797A

split-complementary

#AEE179 #797AE1 #E079E1

monochromatic

#71B729 #90D647 #AEE179 #CCECAB #EAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AEE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#AEE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE179

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE179	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eaa1',
    500: '#aee179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee179;
$custom-light: #c8eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.423,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85112,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE179

secondary

#7E47B8

accent

#1ACB71

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE179

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

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