#AAAB38#AAAB38

#AAAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAB38
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -14.71, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 58.34, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0457 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.135 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8553, 37.9583, 9.3893)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAB38 #3938AB

analogous

#AB7338 #AAAB38 #70AB38

triadic

#AAAB38 #38AAAB #AB38AA

tetradic

#AAAB38 #38AB73 #3938AB #AB3870

square

#AAAB38 #38AB73 #3938AB #AB3870

split-complementary

#AAAB38 #3870AB #7338AB

monochromatic

#4E4F1A #7C7D29 #AAAB38 #C7C858 #D7D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AAAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAB38

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAB38	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B8A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c375',
    500: '#aaab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaab38;
$custom-light: #c6c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAB38

secondary

#7E7DC1

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAB38

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

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