#AAB321#AAB321

#AAB321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.156 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB321
RGB	rgb(170, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -19.81, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 69.03, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0619 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.156 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9733, 40.8968, 7.5955)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB321 #2A21B3

analogous

#B37321 #AAB321 #61B321

triadic

#AAB321 #21AAB3 #B321AA

tetradic

#AAB321 #21B373 #2A21B3 #B32161

square

#AAB321 #21B373 #2A21B3 #B32161

split-complementary

#AAB321 #2161B3 #7321B3

monochromatic

#484C0E #797F17 #AAB321 #D0DA37 #DCE46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAB321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AAB321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB321

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB321	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.156 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c96b',
    500: '#aab321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab321;
$custom-light: #c7c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.699,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB321

secondary

#6C66CA

accent

#3CEC47

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB321

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

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