#AAB231#AAB231

#AAB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.147 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB231
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -18.65, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 63.77, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0574 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.147 113)
XYZ	xyz(33.0533, 40.6093, 9.0023)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB231 #3931B2

analogous

#B27A31 #AAB231 #6AB231

triadic

#AAB231 #31AAB2 #B231AA

tetradic

#AAB231 #31B27A #3931B2 #B2316A

square

#AAB231 #31B27A #3931B2 #B2316A

split-complementary

#AAB231 #316AB2 #7A31B2

monochromatic

#4E5217 #7C8224 #AAB231 #C7CF51 #D7DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AAB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB231

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB231	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)

#BFA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.147 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c872',
    500: '#aab231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab231;
$custom-light: #c7c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.721,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73413,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB231

secondary

#7E79C5

accent

#48E051

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB231

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

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