#AAB550#AAB550

#AAB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB550
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -18.12, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 52.49, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0528 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.126 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5501, 42.1735, 13.9081)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB550 #5B50B5

analogous

#B58D50 #AAB550 #77B550

triadic

#AAB550 #50AAB5 #B550AA

tetradic

#AAB550 #50B58D #5B50B5 #B55077

square

#AAB550 #50B58D #5B50B5 #B55077

split-complementary

#AAB550 #5077B5 #8D50B5

monochromatic

#5B6129 #848C3B #AAB550 #BFC77B #D4D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AAB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB550

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB550	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb84',
    500: '#aab550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab550;
$custom-light: #c5cb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.535,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB550

secondary

#9F9AC7

accent

#57D065

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB550

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

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