#AAB227#AAB227

#AAB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.152 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB227
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -19.09, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 66.99, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0595 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.152 113)
XYZ	xyz(32.8652, 40.5341, 8.0117)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB227 #2F27B2

analogous

#B27427 #AAB227 #65B227

triadic

#AAB227 #27AAB2 #B227AA

tetradic

#AAB227 #27B274 #2F27B2 #B22765

square

#AAB227 #27B274 #2F27B2 #B22765

split-complementary

#AAB227 #2765B2 #7427B2

monochromatic

#4A4E11 #7A801C #AAB227 #CDD541 #DAE073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB227

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB227	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.152 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c86e',
    500: '#aab227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab227;
$custom-light: #c7c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB227

secondary

#726DC8

accent

#41E74A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB227

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

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