#AAB242#AAB242

#AAB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB242
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -17.66, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 57.23, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0529 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.135 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4822, 40.7809, 11.2609)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB242 #4A42B2

analogous

#B28242 #AAB242 #72B242

triadic

#AAB242 #42AAB2 #B242AA

tetradic

#AAB242 #42B282 #4A42B2 #B24272

square

#AAB242 #42B282 #4A42B2 #B24272

split-complementary

#AAB242 #4272B2 #8242B2

monochromatic

#555921 #7F8531 #AAB242 #C1C86A #D3D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AAB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB242

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB242	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c87c',
    500: '#aab242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab242;
$custom-light: #c6c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73548,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB242

secondary

#908CC4

accent

#52D65C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB242

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

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