#AAB31C#AAB31C

#AAB31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.158 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB31C
RGB	rgb(170, 179, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -19.96, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 70.24, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0627 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.158 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9084, 40.8708, 7.2537)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB31C #251CB3

analogous

#B3701C #AAB31C #5EB31C

triadic

#AAB31C #1CAAB3 #B31CAA

tetradic

#AAB31C #1CB370 #251CB3 #B31C5E

square

#AAB31C #1CB370 #251CB3 #B31C5E

split-complementary

#AAB31C #1C5EB3 #701CB3

monochromatic

#45490B #787E14 #AAB31C #D4DE2E #DFE763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAB31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB31C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB31C	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)

#C1AD2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 179, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.158 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c96a',
    500: '#aab31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab31c;
$custom-light: #c7c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.576,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.15788,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB31C

secondary

#665FCB

accent

#38F043

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB31C

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

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