#AAB838#AAB838

#AAB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB838
RGB	rgb(170, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -21.29, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 63.77, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0641 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.149 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4327, 43.1131, 10.2484)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB838 #4638B8

analogous

#B88638 #AAB838 #6AB838

triadic

#AAB838 #38AAB8 #B838AA

tetradic

#AAB838 #38B886 #4638B8 #B8386A

square

#AAB838 #38B886 #4638B8 #B8386A

split-complementary

#AAB838 #386AB8 #8638B8

monochromatic

#535A1B #7F892A #AAB838 #C2CE5F #D4DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AAB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#AAB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB838

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB838	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)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd77',
    500: '#aab838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab838;
$custom-light: #c6cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB838

secondary

#8C85C7

accent

#4BDD5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB838

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

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