#AAB040#AAB040

#AAB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB040
RGB	rgb(170, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -16.78, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 57.19, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0507 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.134 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0292, 39.9676, 10.8241)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB040 #4640B0

analogous

#B07E40 #AAB040 #72B040

triadic

#AAB040 #40AAB0 #B040AA

tetradic

#AAB040 #40B07E #4640B0 #B04072

square

#AAB040 #40B07E #4640B0 #B04072

split-complementary

#AAB040 #4072B0 #7E40B0

monochromatic

#53561F #7F8330 #AAB040 #C2C766 #D4D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AAB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB040

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB040	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c77a',
    500: '#aab040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab040;
$custom-light: #c6c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB040

secondary

#8C89C3

accent

#51D659

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB040

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

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