#AEE579#AEE579

#AEE579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.150 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE579
RGB	rgb(174, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(91, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(91, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -35.53, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 58.77, 127.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0983 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.15 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9254, 66.4166, 28.3275)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.53

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE579 #B079E5

analogous

#E4E579 #AEE579 #79E57A

triadic

#AEE579 #79AEE5 #E579AE

tetradic

#AEE579 #79E4E5 #B079E5 #E57A79

square

#AEE579 #79E4E5 #B079E5 #E57A79

split-complementary

#AEE579 #7A79E5 #E579E4

monochromatic

#70BF25 #8FDB46 #AEE579 #CDEFAC #ECF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#AEE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#AEE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE579

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE579	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.150 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8eda2',
    500: '#aee579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee579;
$custom-light: #c8eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8602,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE579

secondary

#8246BD

accent

#16CF74

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE579

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

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