#AAAB31#AAAB31

#AAAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAB31
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -15.09, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 60.98, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0475 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.139 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6960, 37.8945, 8.5499)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAB31 #3231AB

analogous

#AB6F31 #AAAB31 #6DAB31

triadic

#AAAB31 #31AAAB #AB31AA

tetradic

#AAAB31 #31AB6F #3231AB #AB316D

square

#AAAB31 #31AB6F #3231AB #AB316D

split-complementary

#AAAB31 #316DAB #6F31AB

monochromatic

#4B4C16 #7B7B23 #AAAB31 #CBCC4D #D9DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AAAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAB31

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAB31	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c372',
    500: '#aaab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaab31;
$custom-light: #c7c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71846,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAB31

secondary

#7675C2

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAB31

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

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