#AAB837#AAB837

#AAB837 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	#AAB837
RGB	rgb(170, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -21.34, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 64.14, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0643 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.15 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4085, 43.1034, 10.1209)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB837 #4537B8

analogous

#B88637 #AAB837 #69B837

triadic

#AAB837 #37AAB8 #B837AA

tetradic

#AAB837 #37B886 #4537B8 #B83769

square

#AAB837 #37B886 #4537B8 #B83769

split-complementary

#AAB837 #3769B8 #8637B8

monochromatic

#535A1B #7E8929 #AAB837 #C2CF5D #D4DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AAB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#AAB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB837

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB837	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)

#C5AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.150 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd76',
    500: '#aab837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab837;
$custom-light: #c6cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB837

secondary

#8B84C7

accent

#4ADD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB837

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

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