#AAB540#AAB540

#AAB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.140 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB540
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -19.31, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 59.37, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0578 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.14 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0277, 41.9646, 11.1569)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB540 #4B40B5

analogous

#B58540 #AAB540 #6FB540

triadic

#AAB540 #40AAB5 #B540AA

tetradic

#AAB540 #40B585 #4B40B5 #B5406F

square

#AAB540 #40B585 #4B40B5 #B5406F

split-complementary

#AAB540 #406FB5 #8540B5

monochromatic

#555B20 #808830 #AAB540 #C1CA68 #D3DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AAB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB540

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB540	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.140 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb7b',
    500: '#aab540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab540;
$custom-light: #c6cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.641,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB540

secondary

#918BC5

accent

#50D75D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB540

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

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