#AAB738#AAB738

#AAB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.148 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB738
RGB	rgb(170, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -20.79, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 63.34, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0627 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.148 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2257, 42.6991, 10.1794)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB738 #4538B7

analogous

#B78538 #AAB738 #6BB738

triadic

#AAB738 #38AAB7 #B738AA

tetradic

#AAB738 #38B785 #4538B7 #B7386B

square

#AAB738 #38B785 #4538B7 #B7386B

split-complementary

#AAB738 #386BB7 #8538B7

monochromatic

#53591B #7E882A #AAB738 #C2CE5E #D4DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AAB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#AAB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB738

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB738	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.148 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc76',
    500: '#aab738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab738;
$custom-light: #c6cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB738

secondary

#8B84C7

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB738

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

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