#AAB942#AAB942

#AAB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.143 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB942
RGB	rgb(170, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -21.17, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 60.35, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0628 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.143 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9107, 43.6378, 11.7371)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB942 #5142B9

analogous

#B98D42 #AAB942 #6FB942

triadic

#AAB942 #42AAB9 #B942AA

tetradic

#AAB942 #42B98D #5142B9 #B9426F

square

#AAB942 #42B98D #5142B9 #B9426F

split-complementary

#AAB942 #426FB9 #8D42B9

monochromatic

#575F22 #818C32 #AAB942 #BFCB6D #D3DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AAB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AAB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB942

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB942	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)

#C5B032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.143 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd7c',
    500: '#aab942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab942;
$custom-light: #c6cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB942

secondary

#9790C7

accent

#51D762

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB942

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

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