#AEE256#AEE256

#AEE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.177 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE256
RGB	rgb(174, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -37.52, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 71.78, 121.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.1066 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.177 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3316, 64.0625, 18.7266)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE256 #8A56E2

analogous

#E2D056 #AEE256 #68E256

triadic

#AEE256 #56AEE2 #E256AE

tetradic

#AEE256 #56E2D0 #8A56E2 #E25668

square

#AEE256 #56E2D0 #8A56E2 #E25668

split-complementary

#AEE256 #5668E2 #D056E2

monochromatic

#70A21C #94D625 #AEE256 #C7EB8A #E0F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AEE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#AEE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE256

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE256	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.177 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8b',
    500: '#aee256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee256;
$custom-light: #c9eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84924,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE256

secondary

#6038A5

accent

#13D35A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE256

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

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