#AAB557#AAB557

#AAB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB557
RGB	rgb(170, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -17.51, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 49.26, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0503 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.12 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8223, 42.2824, 15.3419)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB557 #6257B5

analogous

#B59157 #AAB557 #7BB557

triadic

#AAB557 #57AAB5 #B557AA

tetradic

#AAB557 #57B591 #6257B5 #B5577B

square

#AAB557 #57B591 #6257B5 #B5577B

split-complementary

#AAB557 #577BB5 #9157B5

monochromatic

#5E652D #86903F #AAB557 #BFC881 #D5DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AAB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB557

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB557	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb89',
    500: '#aab557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab557;
$custom-light: #c5cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74448,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB557

secondary

#A49FC8

accent

#59CF67

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB557

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

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