#AAB42E#AAB42E

#AAB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.151 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB42E
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -19.80, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 65.59, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0609 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.151 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3930, 41.3865, 8.8135)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB42E #382EB4

analogous

#B47B2E #AAB42E #67B42E

triadic

#AAB42E #2EAAB4 #B42EAA

tetradic

#AAB42E #2EB47B #382EB4 #B42E67

square

#AAB42E #2EB47B #382EB4 #B42E67

split-complementary

#AAB42E #2E67B4 #7B2EB4

monochromatic

#4E5315 #7C8322 #AAB42E #C8D24E #D7DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AAB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB42E

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB42E	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.151 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ca71',
    500: '#aab42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab42e;
$custom-light: #c7ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB42E

secondary

#7D77C7

accent

#45E251

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB42E

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

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