#AAB53C#AAB53C

#AAB53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB53C
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -19.56, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 60.96, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0589 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.143 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9179, 41.9206, 10.5788)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB53C #473CB5

analogous

#B5843C #AAB53C #6DB53C

triadic

#AAB53C #3CAAB5 #B53CAA

tetradic

#AAB53C #3CB584 #473CB5 #B53C6D

square

#AAB53C #3CB584 #473CB5 #B53C6D

split-complementary

#AAB53C #3C6DB5 #843CB5

monochromatic

#54591E #7F872D #AAB53C #C2CB63 #D4DB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AAB53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB53C

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB53C	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)

#C2AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb78',
    500: '#aab53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab53c;
$custom-light: #c6cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB53C

secondary

#8D87C6

accent

#4EDA5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB53C

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

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