#AEE978#AEE978

#AEE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEE978
RGB	rgb(174, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(91, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(91, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -37.46, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 61.41, 127.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.1037 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.156 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9839, 68.6313, 28.3793)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 3.81

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEE978 #B378E9

analogous

#E7E978 #AEE978 #78E97B

triadic

#AEE978 #78AEE9 #E978AE

tetradic

#AEE978 #78E7E9 #B378E9 #E97B78

square

#AEE978 #78E7E9 #B378E9 #E97B78

split-complementary

#AEE978 #7B78E9 #E978E7

monochromatic

#70C620 #8EE043 #AEE978 #CEF2AD #EDFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#AEE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#AEE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEE978

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEE978	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aee978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8f0a1',
    500: '#aee978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aee978;
$custom-light: #c8f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aee978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.327,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86915,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEE978

secondary

#8544C1

accent

#11D477

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF5

border

#D3D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEE978

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

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