#AEE874#AEE874

#AEE874 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.159 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE874
RGB	rgb(174, 232, 116)
HSL	hsl(90, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -37.44, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 62.58, 126.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.104 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.159 131)
XYZ	xyz(49.4639, 67.9716, 27.0334)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.10

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE874 #AE74E8

analogous

#E8E874 #AEE874 #74E874

triadic

#AEE874 #74AEE8 #E874AE

tetradic

#AEE874 #74E8E8 #AE74E8 #E87474

square

#AEE874 #74E8E8 #AE74E8 #E87474

split-complementary

#AEE874 #7474E8 #E874E8

monochromatic

#71C220 #8FDF3F #AEE874 #CDF1A9 #EBF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AEE874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#AEE874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE874

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE874	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 232, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.159 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ef9e',
    500: '#aee874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee874;
$custom-light: #c8ef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86634,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.67973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE874

secondary

#8040C0

accent

#12D473

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE874

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

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