#AEE85B#AEE85B

#AEE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.180 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE85B
RGB	rgb(174, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -39.80, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 72.85, 123.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.1124 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.18 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2003, 67.4662, 20.3783)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE85B #955BE8

analogous

#E8DB5B #AEE85B #67E85B

triadic

#AEE85B #5BAEE8 #E85BAE

tetradic

#AEE85B #5BE8DB #955BE8 #E85B67

square

#AEE85B #5BE8DB #955BE8 #E85B67

split-complementary

#AEE85B #5B67E8 #DB5BE8

monochromatic

#72B019 #93E025 #AEE85B #C9F091 #E3F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#AEE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#AEE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE85B

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE85B	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.180 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ef8f',
    500: '#aee85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee85b;
$custom-light: #c9ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.681,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86347,
    "c": 0.18033,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE85B

secondary

#6937B1

accent

#0ED861

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE85B

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

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