#AAB23B#AAB23B

#AAB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB23B
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -18.11, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 60.06, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0549 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.14 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2883, 40.7033, 10.2398)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB23B #433BB2

analogous

#B27F3B #AAB23B #6FB23B

triadic

#AAB23B #3BAAB2 #B23BAA

tetradic

#AAB23B #3BB27F #433BB2 #B23B6F

square

#AAB23B #3BB27F #433BB2 #B23B6F

split-complementary

#AAB23B #3B6FB2 #7F3BB2

monochromatic

#52561D #7E842C #AAB23B #C3CA60 #D4DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AAB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB23B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB23B	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c878',
    500: '#aab23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab23b;
$custom-light: #c6c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB23B

secondary

#8985C4

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB23B

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

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