#AAB229#AAB229

#AAB229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.151 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB229
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -19.01, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 66.38, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0591 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.151 113)
XYZ	xyz(32.8993, 40.5477, 8.1908)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB229 #3129B2

analogous

#B27629 #AAB229 #65B229

triadic

#AAB229 #29AAB2 #B229AA

tetradic

#AAB229 #29B276 #3129B2 #B22965

square

#AAB229 #29B276 #3129B2 #B22965

split-complementary

#AAB229 #2965B2 #7629B2

monochromatic

#4B4F12 #7A801E #AAB229 #CCD444 #D9DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB229

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB229	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)

#C0A901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.151 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c86f',
    500: '#aab229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab229;
$custom-light: #c7c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.40547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB229

secondary

#7570C7

accent

#42E64C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB229

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

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