#AEE457#AEE457

#AEE457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.178 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE457
RGB	rgb(174, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -38.34, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 72.39, 121.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.1087 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.178 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9192, 65.1727, 19.1226)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE457 #8D57E4

analogous

#E4D457 #AEE457 #68E457

triadic

#AEE457 #57AEE4 #E457AE

tetradic

#AEE457 #57E4D4 #8D57E4 #E45768

square

#AEE457 #57E4D4 #8D57E4 #E45768

split-complementary

#AEE457 #5768E4 #D457E4

monochromatic

#71A61B #94DB23 #AEE457 #C7EC8C #E1F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AEE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#AEE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE457

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE457	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.178 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ec8c',
    500: '#aee457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee457;
$custom-light: #c9ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.979,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85391,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE457

secondary

#6237A8

accent

#11D45C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE457

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

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