#AAB836#AAB836

#AAB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.150 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB836
RGB	rgb(170, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -21.40, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 64.50, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0646 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.15 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3848, 43.0939, 9.9959)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB836 #4436B8

analogous

#B88536 #AAB836 #69B836

triadic

#AAB836 #36AAB8 #B836AA

tetradic

#AAB836 #36B885 #4436B8 #B83669

square

#AAB836 #36B885 #4436B8 #B83669

split-complementary

#AAB836 #3669B8 #8536B8

monochromatic

#53591A #7E8928 #AAB836 #C3CF5C #D4DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AAB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#AAB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB836

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB836	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.150 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cd76',
    500: '#aab836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab836;
$custom-light: #c7cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB836

secondary

#8A82C7

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB836

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

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