#AAB538#AAB538

#AAB538 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 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB538
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -19.79, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 62.49, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0599 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.146 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8162, 41.8799, 10.0429)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB538 #4338B5

analogous

#B58238 #AAB538 #6CB538

triadic

#AAB538 #38AAB5 #B538AA

tetradic

#AAB538 #38B582 #4338B5 #B5386C

square

#AAB538 #38B582 #4338B5 #B5386C

split-complementary

#AAB538 #386CB5 #8238B5

monochromatic

#52581B #7E862A #AAB538 #C3CD5D #D4DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AAB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB538

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB538	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.146 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb76',
    500: '#aab538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab538;
$custom-light: #c6cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB538

secondary

#8983C6

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB538

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

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