#AAAB3B#AAAB3B

#AAAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAB3B
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -14.54, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.14, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0449 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.132 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9309, 37.9885, 9.7873)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAB3B #3C3BAB

analogous

#AB743B #AAAB3B #72AB3B

triadic

#AAAB3B #3BAAAB #AB3BAA

tetradic

#AAAB3B #3BAB74 #3C3BAB #AB3B72

square

#AAAB3B #3BAB74 #3C3BAB #AB3B72

split-complementary

#AAAB3B #3B72AB #743BAB

monochromatic

#50501C #7D7D2B #AAAB3B #C6C75C #D6D78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AAAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAB3B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAB3B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c377',
    500: '#aaab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaab3b;
$custom-light: #c6c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAB3B

secondary

#8181C1

accent

#50D851

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAB3B

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

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