#AAB249#AAB249

#AAB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB249
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -17.16, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 54.22, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0508 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.129 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7013, 40.8685, 12.4151)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB249 #5149B2

analogous

#B28649 #AAB249 #76B249

triadic

#AAB249 #49AAB2 #B249AA

tetradic

#AAB249 #49B286 #5149B2 #B24976

square

#AAB249 #49B286 #5149B2 #B24976

split-complementary

#AAB249 #4976B2 #8649B2

monochromatic

#575B25 #818737 #AAB249 #BFC573 #D3D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB249

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB249	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c880',
    500: '#aab249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab249;
$custom-light: #c6c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB249

secondary

#9793C4

accent

#56D260

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB249

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

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