#AAB537#AAB537

#AAB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.146 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB537
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -19.85, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 62.86, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0602 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.146 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7920, 41.8703, 9.9153)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB537 #4237B5

analogous

#B58137 #AAB537 #6BB537

triadic

#AAB537 #37AAB5 #B537AA

tetradic

#AAB537 #37B581 #4237B5 #B5376B

square

#AAB537 #37B581 #4237B5 #B5376B

split-complementary

#AAB537 #376BB5 #8137B5

monochromatic

#52571A #7E8629 #AAB537 #C3CD5C #D5DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AAB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB537

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB537	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb76',
    500: '#aab537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab537;
$custom-light: #c6cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7413,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB537

secondary

#8882C6

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB537

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

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