Light Lime Color
Light Lime is a yellow green color with hex code #AEFD6C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with light lime, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Light Lime Color Values
What Does Light Lime Mean?
Light Lime belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. As a lighter shade, Light Lime reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Light Lime is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: brilliant yellow green, #BDDA57). It is also known as Stinging Wasabi.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Light Lime
Light Lime and #BC6DFD are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #F6FD6D and #6DFD74, which sit beside light lime on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair light lime with triadic partners #6DAEFD and #FD6DAE. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Key Lime —
#AEFF6E(Delta E 1) - Pale Lime Green —
#B1FF65(Delta E 4) - Light Lime Green —
#B9FF66(Delta E 5) - Light Grass Green —
#9AF764(Delta E 6) - Pale Lime —
#BEFD73(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #AEFD6C; }
.background { background-color: #AEFD6C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #AEFD6C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #AEFD6C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for light lime?
Light Lime has the hex code #AEFD6C. In RGB notation it is rgb(174, 253, 108), in HSL it is hsl(93, 97%, 71%), and its OKLCH value is 0.913, 0.194, 133.
What does the color light lime mean?
Yellow Green-family colors like light lime carry distinct psychological associations. Light Lime belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. As a lighter shade, Light Lime reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with light lime?
Light Lime has three easy routes: its complement #BC6DFD for punch, its neighbors #F6FD6D and #6DFD74 for something calmer, or triadic partners #6DAEFD and #FD6DAE when you want energy.
Is light lime a standard web color?
No — Light Lime is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #AEFD6C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make light lime lighter or darker?
To lighten light lime, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F1FFE6 (lightest tint) to #1C3C01 (darkest shade).
About Light Lime
Light Lime is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow Green hue family. It has alternative names including Stinging Wasabi. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #AEFD6C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.