#AAB23C#AAB23C

#AAB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB23C
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -18.05, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 59.67, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0546 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.139 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3145, 40.7138, 10.3777)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB23C #443CB2

analogous

#B27F3C #AAB23C #6FB23C

triadic

#AAB23C #3CAAB2 #B23CAA

tetradic

#AAB23C #3CB27F #443CB2 #B23C6F

square

#AAB23C #3CB27F #443CB2 #B23C6F

split-complementary

#AAB23C #3C6FB2 #7F3CB2

monochromatic

#53561D #7E842D #AAB23C #C3CA61 #D4D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AAB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB23C

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB23C	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)

#BFAA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c878',
    500: '#aab23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab23c;
$custom-light: #c6c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB23C

secondary

#8A86C4

accent

#4FD958

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB23C

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

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