#AEE561#AEE561

#AEE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.172 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE561
RGB	rgb(174, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(85, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -37.96, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 68.94, 123.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.1068 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.172 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6323, 65.8994, 21.5173)
Luminance	0.6590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE561 #9861E5

analogous

#E5DA61 #AEE561 #6CE561

triadic

#AEE561 #61AEE5 #E561AE

tetradic

#AEE561 #61E5DA #9861E5 #E5616C

square

#AEE561 #61E5DA #9861E5 #E5616C

split-complementary

#AEE561 #616CE5 #DA61E5

monochromatic

#72AF1D #93DC2C #AEE561 #C9EE96 #E4F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#AEE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#AEE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE561

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE561	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.172 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ed92',
    500: '#aee561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee561;
$custom-light: #c9ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85722,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE561

secondary

#6B3AB0

accent

#12D463

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE561

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

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