#AEE478#AEE478

#AEE478 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.149 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE478
RGB	rgb(174, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(90, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 0%, 47.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -35.19, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 58.66, 126.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0974 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.149 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5885, 65.8404, 27.9142)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE478 #AE78E4

analogous

#E4E478 #AEE478 #78E478

triadic

#AEE478 #78AEE4 #E478AE

tetradic

#AEE478 #78E4E4 #AE78E4 #E47878

square

#AEE478 #78E4E4 #AE78E4 #E47878

split-complementary

#AEE478 #7878E4 #E478E4

monochromatic

#71BC26 #8FDA45 #AEE478 #CDEEAB #EBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AEE478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#AEE478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE478

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE478	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.149 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eca1',
    500: '#aee478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee478;
$custom-light: #c8eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85779,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE478

secondary

#8045BB

accent

#17CF73

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF5

border

#D3D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE478

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

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