#AEE279#AEE279

#AEE279 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.145 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE279
RGB	rgb(174, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(90, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 0%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -34.15, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 57.12, 126.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0945 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.145 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1025, 64.7708, 28.0532)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.94

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE279 #AD79E2

analogous

#E2E179 #AEE279 #79E279

triadic

#AEE279 #79AEE2 #E279AE

tetradic

#AEE279 #79E2E1 #AD79E2 #E27979

square

#AEE279 #79E2E1 #AD79E2 #E27979

split-complementary

#AEE279 #7979E2 #E179E2

monochromatic

#71B928 #90D747 #AEE279 #CCEDAB #EBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AEE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#AEE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE279

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE279	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.145 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eba1',
    500: '#aee279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee279;
$custom-light: #c8eba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.714,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85339,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE279

secondary

#7F46B9

accent

#19CC72

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE279

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

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