#AEF979#AEF979

#AEF979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.177 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEF979
RGB	rgb(174, 249, 121)
HSL	hsl(95, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(95, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -44.41, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 69.65, 129.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.1229 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.177 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7814, 78.1286, 30.2795)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEF979 #C479F9

analogous

#EEF979 #AEF979 #79F984

triadic

#AEF979 #79AEF9 #F979AE

tetradic

#AEF979 #79EEF9 #C479F9 #F98479

square

#AEF979 #79EEF9 #C479F9 #F98479

split-complementary

#AEF979 #8479F9 #F979EE

monochromatic

#68ED0B #8BF63E #AEF979 #D1FCB4 #EDFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#AEF979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#AEF979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEF979

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEF979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEF979	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEF1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aef979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 249, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.177 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9fba2',
    500: '#aef979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aef979;
$custom-light: #c9fba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aef979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.156,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90579,
    "c": 0.17733,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEF979

secondary

#9841D5

accent

#00E686

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFFF6

border

#D4D7D0

text

#13170F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEF979

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

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