#AEF261#AEF261

#AEF261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.188 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEF261
RGB	rgb(174, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -43.69, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 75.59, 125.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.1227 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.188 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.3649, 73.3645, 22.7615)
Luminance	0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Lime

#AEFD6C

ΔE00 2.54

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEF261 #A561F2

analogous

#F2EE61 #AEF261 #66F261

triadic

#AEF261 #61AEF2 #F261AE

tetradic

#AEF261 #61F2EE #A561F2 #F26166

square

#AEF261 #61F2EE #A561F2 #F26166

split-complementary

#AEF261 #6166F2 #EE61F2

monochromatic

#72C810 #91ED28 #AEF261 #CBF79A #E8FBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#AEF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#AEF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEF261

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEF261	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1E9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aef261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.188 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caf693',
    500: '#aef261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aef261;
$custom-light: #caf693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aef261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.138,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88701,
    "c": 0.18845,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEF261

secondary

#7732C5

accent

#04E16C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEF261

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

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