#AAB440#AAB440

#AAB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB440
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -18.80, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 58.93, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0563 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.139 114)
XYZ	xyz(33.8251, 41.5594, 11.0894)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB440 #4A40B4

analogous

#B48440 #AAB440 #70B440

triadic

#AAB440 #40AAB4 #B440AA

tetradic

#AAB440 #40B484 #4A40B4 #B44070

square

#AAB440 #40B484 #4A40B4 #B44070

split-complementary

#AAB440 #4070B4 #8440B4

monochromatic

#555A20 #7F8730 #AAB440 #C1C968 #D3D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AAB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB440

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB440	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca7b',
    500: '#aab440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab440;
$custom-light: #c6ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73978,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.41559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB440

secondary

#908BC5

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB440

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

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