#AEE656#AEE656

#AEE656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.182 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE656
RGB	rgb(174, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -39.31, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 73.77, 122.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.1115 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.182 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4320, 66.2633, 19.0934)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.31

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE656 #8E56E6

analogous

#E6D656 #AEE656 #66E656

triadic

#AEE656 #56AEE6 #E656AE

tetradic

#AEE656 #56E6D6 #8E56E6 #E65666

square

#AEE656 #56E6D6 #8E56E6 #E65666

split-complementary

#AEE656 #5666E6 #D656E6

monochromatic

#71A919 #94DE21 #AEE656 #C8EE8B #E1F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#AEE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#AEE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE656

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE656	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.182 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caee8c',
    500: '#aee656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee656;
$custom-light: #caee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8584,
    "c": 0.18163,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE656

secondary

#6336AA

accent

#0FD65D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE656

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

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