#AAB317#AAB317

#AAB317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.160 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB317
RGB	rgb(170, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -20.09, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 71.30, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0633 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.16 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8535, 40.8489, 6.9644)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB317 #2017B3

analogous

#B36E17 #AAB317 #5CB317

triadic

#AAB317 #17AAB3 #B317AA

tetradic

#AAB317 #17B36E #2017B3 #B3175C

square

#AAB317 #17B36E #2017B3 #B3175C

split-complementary

#AAB317 #175CB3 #6E17B3

monochromatic

#434709 #767D10 #AAB317 #D8E324 #E2EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAB317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB317

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB317	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.160 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c968',
    500: '#aab317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab317;
$custom-light: #c7c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB317

secondary

#5F58CD

accent

#34F43F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB317

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

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