#AEE259#AEE259

#AEE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.174 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE259
RGB	rgb(174, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -37.28, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 70.61, 121.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.1057 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.174 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4550, 64.1119, 19.3766)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE259 #8D59E2

analogous

#E2D259 #AEE259 #6AE259

triadic

#AEE259 #59AEE2 #E259AE

tetradic

#AEE259 #59E2D2 #8D59E2 #E2596A

square

#AEE259 #59E2D2 #8D59E2 #E2596A

split-complementary

#AEE259 #596AE2 #D259E2

monochromatic

#71A41D #94D826 #AEE259 #C7EB8D #E1F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AEE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#AEE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE259

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE259	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)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.174 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb8d',
    500: '#aee259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee259;
$custom-light: #c9eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.774,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84953,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE259

secondary

#6239A6

accent

#13D25C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE259

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

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