#AAB237#AAB237

#AAB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.143 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB237
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -18.34, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 61.60, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.056 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.143 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1885, 40.6634, 9.7142)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB237 #3F37B2

analogous

#B27C37 #AAB237 #6DB237

triadic

#AAB237 #37AAB2 #B237AA

tetradic

#AAB237 #37B27C #3F37B2 #B2376D

square

#AAB237 #37B27C #3F37B2 #B2376D

split-complementary

#AAB237 #376DB2 #7C37B2

monochromatic

#51541A #7D8329 #AAB237 #C5CC5A #D5DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AAB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB237

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB237	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)

#BFAA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c875',
    500: '#aab237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab237;
$custom-light: #c6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB237

secondary

#8580C5

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB237

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

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