#AAB42C#AAB42C

#AAB42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.152 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB42C
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -19.89, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 66.24, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0613 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.152 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3545, 41.3711, 8.6108)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB42C #362CB4

analogous

#B47A2C #AAB42C #66B42C

triadic

#AAB42C #2CAAB4 #B42CAA

tetradic

#AAB42C #2CB47A #362CB4 #B42C66

square

#AAB42C #2CB47A #362CB4 #B42C66

split-complementary

#AAB42C #2C66B4 #7A2CB4

monochromatic

#4D5214 #7C8320 #AAB42C #C9D34A #D8DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AAB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB42C

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB42C	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.152 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ca70',
    500: '#aab42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab42c;
$custom-light: #c7ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB42C

secondary

#7B75C7

accent

#44E450

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB42C

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

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