#AAB236#AAB236

#AAB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.144 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB236
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -18.39, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 61.97, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0562 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.144 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1648, 40.6539, 9.5892)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB236 #3E36B2

analogous

#B27C36 #AAB236 #6CB236

triadic

#AAB236 #36AAB2 #B236AA

tetradic

#AAB236 #36B27C #3E36B2 #B2366C

square

#AAB236 #36B27C #3E36B2 #B2366C

split-complementary

#AAB236 #366CB2 #7C36B2

monochromatic

#50541A #7D8328 #AAB236 #C5CD59 #D5DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AAB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB236

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB236	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c875',
    500: '#aab236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab236;
$custom-light: #c6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73448,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB236

secondary

#847FC5

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB236

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

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