#AAB259#AAB259

#AAB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB259
RGB	rgb(170, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -15.79, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 46.85, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0453 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.114 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3017, 41.1087, 15.5770)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB259 #6159B2

analogous

#B28D59 #AAB259 #7EB259

triadic

#AAB259 #59AAB2 #B259AA

tetradic

#AAB259 #59B28D #6159B2 #B2597E

square

#AAB259 #59B28D #6159B2 #B2597E

split-complementary

#AAB259 #597EB2 #8D59B2

monochromatic

#5E632E #868D41 #AAB259 #BFC583 #D5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AAB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB259

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB259	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c88a',
    500: '#aab259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab259;
$custom-light: #c5c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.393,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73806,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB259

secondary

#A4A0C7

accent

#5BCD65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB259

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

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