#AAB941#AAB941

#AAB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB941
RGB	rgb(170, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -21.24, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 60.75, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0631 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.144 116)
XYZ	xyz(34.8814, 43.6261, 11.5831)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB941 #5041B9

analogous

#B98C41 #AAB941 #6EB941

triadic

#AAB941 #41AAB9 #B941AA

tetradic

#AAB941 #41B98C #5041B9 #B9416E

square

#AAB941 #41B98C #5041B9 #B9416E

split-complementary

#AAB941 #416EB9 #8C41B9

monochromatic

#575E21 #808C31 #AAB941 #BFCB6C #D3DB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AAB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AAB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB941

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB941	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd7c',
    500: '#aab941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab941;
$custom-light: #c6cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.43626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB941

secondary

#968FC7

accent

#50D861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB941

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

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