#AAB438#AAB438

#AAB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.144 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB438
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -19.29, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 62.06, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0585 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.144 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6136, 41.4747, 9.9753)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB438 #4238B4

analogous

#B48038 #AAB438 #6CB438

triadic

#AAB438 #38AAB4 #B438AA

tetradic

#AAB438 #38B480 #4238B4 #B4386C

square

#AAB438 #38B480 #4238B4 #B4386C

split-complementary

#AAB438 #386CB4 #8038B4

monochromatic

#52571B #7E8529 #AAB438 #C3CD5D #D5DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AAB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB438

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB438	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.144 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca76',
    500: '#aab438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab438;
$custom-light: #c6ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB438

secondary

#8882C5

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB438

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

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