#AAB255#AAB255

#AAB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB255
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -16.16, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 48.75, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0467 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.118 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1383, 41.0433, 14.7163)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB255 #5D55B2

analogous

#B28C55 #AAB255 #7CB255

triadic

#AAB255 #55AAB2 #B255AA

tetradic

#AAB255 #55B28C #5D55B2 #B2557C

square

#AAB255 #55B28C #5D55B2 #B2557C

split-complementary

#AAB255 #557CB2 #8C55B2

monochromatic

#5C612C #848B3F #AAB255 #BFC57F #D4D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AAB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB255

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB255	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c887',
    500: '#aab255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab255;
$custom-light: #c5c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.161,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB255

secondary

#A09DC6

accent

#5ACE64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB255

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

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