#AAB531#AAB531

#AAB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.150 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB531
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -20.16, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 64.99, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0616 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.15 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6568, 41.8162, 9.2035)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB531 #3C31B5

analogous

#B57E31 #AAB531 #68B531

triadic

#AAB531 #31AAB5 #B531AA

tetradic

#AAB531 #31B57E #3C31B5 #B53168

square

#AAB531 #31B57E #3C31B5 #B53168

split-complementary

#AAB531 #3168B5 #7E31B5

monochromatic

#505517 #7D8524 #AAB531 #C6D053 #D6DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AAB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB531

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB531	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)

#C2AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.150 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cb73',
    500: '#aab531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab531;
$custom-light: #c7cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB531

secondary

#817BC7

accent

#47E154

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB531

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

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