#AEE261#AEE261

#AEE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE261
RGB	rgb(174, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(84, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(84, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -36.60, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 67.39, 122.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.1031 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.168 128)
XYZ	xyz(46.8094, 64.2536, 21.2430)
Luminance	0.6425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE261 #9561E2

analogous

#E2D561 #AEE261 #6DE261

triadic

#AEE261 #61AEE2 #E261AE

tetradic

#AEE261 #61E2D5 #9561E2 #E2616D

square

#AEE261 #61E2D5 #9561E2 #E2616D

split-complementary

#AEE261 #616DE2 #D561E2

monochromatic

#72A91F #93D92D #AEE261 #C9EB95 #E3F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#AEE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#AEE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE261

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE261	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)

#ECD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb92',
    500: '#aee261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee261;
$custom-light: #c9eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.186,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85036,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.64254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE261

secondary

#693CAB

accent

#15D160

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE261

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

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