#AEE36D#AEE36D

#AEE36D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.158 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE36D
RGB	rgb(174, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(87, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(87, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 52%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -35.91, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 62.89, 124.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.1002 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.158 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6846, 65.0400, 24.5067)
Luminance	0.6504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 5.26

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE36D #A26DE3

analogous

#E3DD6D #AEE36D #73E36D

triadic

#AEE36D #6DAEE3 #E36DAE

tetradic

#AEE36D #6DE3DD #A26DE3 #E36D73

square

#AEE36D #6DE3DD #A26DE3 #E36D73

split-complementary

#AEE36D #6D73E3 #DD6DE3

monochromatic

#72B322 #92D93A #AEE36D #CAEDA0 #E7F7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AEE36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#AEE36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE36D

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE36D	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.158 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ec9a',
    500: '#aee36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee36d;
$custom-light: #c8ec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.949,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85405,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE36D

secondary

#7440B4

accent

#16D069

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE36D

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

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