#AEE879#AEE879
#AEE879 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.154 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AEE879 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(174, 232, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 71%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25%, 0%, 47.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.05, -36.89, 47.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.05, 60.43, 127.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.7% -0.1021 0.115) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.7% 0.154 131.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.7626, 68.0911, 28.6065) |
| Luminance | 0.6809 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.97
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.46
Celery
#C1FD95
ΔE00 4.80
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.91
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.98
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AEE879 #B379E8
analogous
#E6E879 #AEE879 #79E87C
triadic
#AEE879 #79AEE8 #E879AE
tetradic
#AEE879 #79E6E8 #B379E8 #E87C79
square
#AEE879 #79E6E8 #B379E8 #E87C79
split-complementary
#AEE879 #7C79E8 #E879E6
monochromatic
#70C522 #8EDF45 #AEE879 #CEF1AD #EDFAE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#AEE879 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.62
#AEE879 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AEE879
14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AEE879 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AEE879 | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.62 | 14.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0DA70
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D680
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0E0CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aee879; /* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 232, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.154 131.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8efa2',
500: '#aee879',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aee879; $custom-light: #c8efa2; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aee879",
"rgb": {
"r": 174,
"g": 232,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 91.351,
"s": 70.701,
"l": 69.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86702,
"c": 0.15381,
"h": 131.6
},
"luminance": 0.68092
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AEE879
secondary
#8545C0
accent
#13D377
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF5
border
#D3D6CF
text
#13160F
muted
#838580