#AEE959#AEE959

#AEE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.183 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE959
RGB	rgb(174, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -40.41, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 74.12, 123.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.1143 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.183 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3975, 67.9967, 20.0241)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE959 #9459E9

analogous

#E9DC59 #AEE959 #66E959

triadic

#AEE959 #59AEE9 #E959AE

tetradic

#AEE959 #59E9DC #9459E9 #E95966

square

#AEE959 #59E9DC #9459E9 #E95966

split-complementary

#AEE959 #5966E9 #DC59E9

monochromatic

#72B017 #94E223 #AEE959 #C8F08F #E3F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AEE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#AEE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE959

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE959	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.183 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caf08e',
    500: '#aee959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee959;
$custom-light: #caf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86557,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE959

secondary

#6835B1

accent

#0DD960

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE959

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

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