#AAB138#AAB138

#AAB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.141 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB138
RGB	rgb(170, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -17.78, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 60.80, 107.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0543 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.141 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0145, 40.2766, 9.7756)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB138 #3F38B1

analogous

#B17B38 #AAB138 #6DB138

triadic

#AAB138 #38AAB1 #B138AA

tetradic

#AAB138 #38B17B #3F38B1 #B1386D

square

#AAB138 #38B17B #3F38B1 #B1386D

split-complementary

#AAB138 #386DB1 #7B38B1

monochromatic

#51541B #7D8329 #AAB138 #C5CB5B #D5DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AAB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB138

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB138	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.141 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c876',
    500: '#aab138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab138;
$custom-light: #c6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB138

secondary

#8581C4

accent

#4CDB55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB138

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

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