#AAAB36#AAAB36

#AAAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAB36
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -14.83, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 59.12, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0462 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.136 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8074, 37.9391, 9.1368)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAB36 #3736AB

analogous

#AB7236 #AAAB36 #70AB36

triadic

#AAAB36 #36AAAB #AB36AA

tetradic

#AAAB36 #36AB72 #3736AB #AB3670

square

#AAAB36 #36AB72 #3736AB #AB3670

split-complementary

#AAAB36 #3670AB #7236AB

monochromatic

#4E4E19 #7C7C27 #AAAB36 #C8C955 #D7D883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AAAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAB36

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAB36	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c374',
    500: '#aaab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaab36;
$custom-light: #c6c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAB36

secondary

#7C7BC2

accent

#4CDB4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAB36

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

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