#AAB161#AAB161

#AAB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAB161
RGBrgb(170, 177, 97)
HSLhsl(65, 34%, 54%)
HSVhsv(65, 45%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.07, -14.48, 39.92)
CIE-LCHlch(70.07, 42.46, 109.94°)
OKLaboklab(73.7% -0.0408 0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(73.7% 0.104 113.1)
XYZxyz(34.4578, 40.8539, 17.3773)
Luminance0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAB161 #6861B1
analogous
#B19061 #AAB161 #82B161
triadic
#AAB161 #61AAB1 #B161AA
tetradic
#AAB161 #61B190 #6861B1 #B16182
square
#AAB161 #61B190 #6861B1 #B16182
split-complementary
#AAB161 #6182B1 #9061B1
monochromatic
#616532 #888E46 #AAB161 #C0C58A #D6D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#AAB161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#AAB161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB161
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAB161#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAB1611.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBAA5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAC65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3A99E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aab161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 113.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c88f',
    500: '#aab161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aab161;
$custom-light: #c5c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aab161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAB161
secondary
#A9A6C8
accent
#5ECA67
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F8F8F0
border
#D1D1CB
text
#13130C
muted
#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB161

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

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#AAB161 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva