#AAB238#AAB238

#AAB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.142 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB238
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -18.28, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 61.22, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0557 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.142 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2127, 40.6731, 9.8417)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB238 #4038B2

analogous

#B27D38 #AAB238 #6DB238

triadic

#AAB238 #38AAB2 #B238AA

tetradic

#AAB238 #38B27D #4038B2 #B2386D

square

#AAB238 #38B27D #4038B2 #B2386D

split-complementary

#AAB238 #386DB2 #7D38B2

monochromatic

#51551B #7E8329 #AAB238 #C4CC5C #D5DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AAB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB238

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB238	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c876',
    500: '#aab238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab238;
$custom-light: #c6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB238

secondary

#8681C5

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB238

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

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