#AEE459#AEE459

#AEE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.177 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE459
RGB	rgb(174, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -38.18, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 71.61, 122.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.1081 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.177 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0020, 65.2059, 19.5589)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE459 #8F59E4

analogous

#E4D459 #AEE459 #69E459

triadic

#AEE459 #59AEE4 #E459AE

tetradic

#AEE459 #59E4D4 #8F59E4 #E45969

square

#AEE459 #59E4D4 #8F59E4 #E45969

split-complementary

#AEE459 #5969E4 #D459E4

monochromatic

#71A71B #94DB24 #AEE459 #C8ED8E #E1F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#AEE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#AEE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE459

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE459	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.177 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ec8d',
    500: '#aee459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee459;
$custom-light: #c9ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.309,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8541,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE459

secondary

#6438A9

accent

#11D45D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE459

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

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