#AAB359#AAB359

#AAB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB359
RGB	rgb(170, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -16.30, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 47.34, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0467 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.115 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5014, 41.5080, 15.6436)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB359 #6259B3

analogous

#B38F59 #AAB359 #7DB359

triadic

#AAB359 #59AAB3 #B359AA

tetradic

#AAB359 #59B38F #6259B3 #B3597D

square

#AAB359 #59B38F #6259B3 #B3597D

split-complementary

#AAB359 #597DB3 #8F59B3

monochromatic

#5E642E #868E41 #AAB359 #BFC683 #D5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AAB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB359

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB359	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c98a',
    500: '#aab359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab359;
$custom-light: #c5c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB359

secondary

#A4A0C7

accent

#5BCD66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB359

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

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