#AAB31A#AAB31A

#AAB31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.159 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB31A
RGB	rgb(170, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -20.02, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 70.68, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0629 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.159 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8852, 40.8616, 7.1318)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB31A #231AB3

analogous

#B36F1A #AAB31A #5EB31A

triadic

#AAB31A #1AAAB3 #B31AAA

tetradic

#AAB31A #1AB36F #231AB3 #B31A5E

square

#AAB31A #1AB36F #231AB3 #B31A5E

split-complementary

#AAB31A #1A5EB3 #6F1AB3

monochromatic

#44480A #777E12 #AAB31A #D5E02A #E0E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAB31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB31A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB31A	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)

#C1AD2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.159 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c969',
    500: '#aab31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab31a;
$custom-light: #c7c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73522,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB31A

secondary

#635DCC

accent

#37F142

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB31A

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

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