#AEE257#AEE257

#AEE257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.176 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE257
RGB	rgb(174, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -37.44, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 71.39, 121.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.1063 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.176 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3722, 64.0787, 18.9403)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE257 #8B57E2

analogous

#E2D157 #AEE257 #69E257

triadic

#AEE257 #57AEE2 #E257AE

tetradic

#AEE257 #57E2D1 #8B57E2 #E25769

square

#AEE257 #57E2D1 #8B57E2 #E25769

split-complementary

#AEE257 #5769E2 #D157E2

monochromatic

#70A31C #94D725 #AEE257 #C7EB8B #E0F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AEE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#AEE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE257

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE257	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.176 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8c',
    500: '#aee257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee257;
$custom-light: #c9eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.446,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84933,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE257

secondary

#6138A5

accent

#13D35B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE257

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

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