#AAB53B#AAB53B

#AAB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB53B
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -19.62, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 61.35, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0591 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.143 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8917, 41.9102, 10.4409)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB53B #463BB5

analogous

#B5833B #AAB53B #6DB53B

triadic

#AAB53B #3BAAB5 #B53BAA

tetradic

#AAB53B #3BB583 #463BB5 #B53B6D

square

#AAB53B #3BB583 #463BB5 #B53B6D

split-complementary

#AAB53B #3B6DB5 #833BB5

monochromatic

#53591D #7F872C #AAB53B #C2CC62 #D4DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AAB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB53B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB53B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb78',
    500: '#aab53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab53b;
$custom-light: #c6cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB53B

secondary

#8C86C6

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB53B

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

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