#AAB253#AAB253

#AAB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.120 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB253
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -16.34, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 49.69, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0474 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.12 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0600, 41.0120, 14.3038)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB253 #5B53B2

analogous

#B28A53 #AAB253 #7AB253

triadic

#AAB253 #53AAB2 #B253AA

tetradic

#AAB253 #53B28A #5B53B2 #B2537A

square

#AAB253 #53B28A #5B53B2 #B2537A

split-complementary

#AAB253 #537AB2 #8A53B2

monochromatic

#5B602B #848A3E #AAB253 #BFC57D #D4D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AAB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB253

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB253	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.120 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c886',
    500: '#aab253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab253;
$custom-light: #c5c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB253

secondary

#9F9BC5

accent

#5ACE64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB253

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

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