#AAB240#AAB240

#AAB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB240
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -17.79, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 58.06, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0535 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.136 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4243, 40.7577, 10.9558)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB240 #4840B2

analogous

#B28140 #AAB240 #71B240

triadic

#AAB240 #40AAB2 #B240AA

tetradic

#AAB240 #40B281 #4840B2 #B24071

square

#AAB240 #40B281 #4840B2 #B24071

split-complementary

#AAB240 #4071B2 #8140B2

monochromatic

#545820 #7F8530 #AAB240 #C1C867 #D4D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AAB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB240

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB240	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c87a',
    500: '#aab240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab240;
$custom-light: #c6c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB240

secondary

#8E8AC4

accent

#51D75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB240

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

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