#AAB951#AAB951

#AAB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB951
RGB	rgb(170, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -20.05, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 53.95, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0581 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.13 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4123, 43.8385, 14.3791)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB951 #6051B9

analogous

#B99451 #AAB951 #76B951

triadic

#AAB951 #51AAB9 #B951AA

tetradic

#AAB951 #51B994 #6051B9 #B95176

square

#AAB951 #51B994 #6051B9 #B95176

split-complementary

#AAB951 #5176B9 #9451B9

monochromatic

#5E6629 #85923B #AAB951 #BFCB7D #D5DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AAB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#AAB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB951

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB951	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce85',
    500: '#aab951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab951;
$custom-light: #c5ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.654,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75272,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB951

secondary

#A39CCA

accent

#55D267

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB951

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

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