#AEE961#AEE961

#AEE961 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.177 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE961
RGB	rgb(174, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(86, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -39.74, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 70.99, 124.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.1118 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.177 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7518, 68.1385, 21.8904)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.69

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE961 #9C61E9

analogous

#E9E061 #AEE961 #6AE961

triadic

#AEE961 #61AEE9 #E961AE

tetradic

#AEE961 #61E9E0 #9C61E9 #E9616A

square

#AEE961 #61E9E0 #9C61E9 #E9616A

split-complementary

#AEE961 #616AE9 #E061E9

monochromatic

#72B619 #92E22B #AEE961 #CAF097 #E5F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#AEE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#AEE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE961

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE961	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.177 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9f092',
    500: '#aee961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee961;
$custom-light: #c9f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.029,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86637,
    "c": 0.17679,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE961

secondary

#6F38B6

accent

#0ED865

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE961

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

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