#AAB151#AAB151

#AAB151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB151
RGB	rgb(170, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -16.00, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 50.15, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0467 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.121 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7856, 40.5850, 13.8369)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB151 #5851B1

analogous

#B18851 #AAB151 #7AB151

triadic

#AAB151 #51AAB1 #B151AA

tetradic

#AAB151 #51B188 #5851B1 #B1517A

square

#AAB151 #51B188 #5851B1 #B1517A

split-complementary

#AAB151 #517AB1 #8851B1

monochromatic

#5A5E2A #82883D #AAB151 #BFC47B #D3D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AAB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB151

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB151	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c885',
    500: '#aab151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab151;
$custom-light: #c5c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB151

secondary

#9D9AC4

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB151

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

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