#AAB451#AAB451

#AAB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.124 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB451
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -17.53, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 51.56, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.051 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.124 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3847, 41.7832, 14.0366)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB451 #5B51B4

analogous

#B48C51 #AAB451 #78B451

triadic

#AAB451 #51AAB4 #B451AA

tetradic

#AAB451 #51B48C #5B51B4 #B45178

square

#AAB451 #51B48C #5B51B4 #B45178

split-complementary

#AAB451 #5178B4 #8C51B4

monochromatic

#5B612A #848C3C #AAB451 #BFC67C #D4D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AAB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB451

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB451	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.124 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ca85',
    500: '#aab451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab451;
$custom-light: #c5ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.061,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74152,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB451

secondary

#9F9BC6

accent

#58D064

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB451

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

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