#AABB37#AABB37

#AABB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.153 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABB37
RGB	rgb(170, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -22.83, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 65.43, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0685 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.153 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0383, 44.3630, 10.3308)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABB37 #4837BB

analogous

#BB8A37 #AABB37 #68BB37

triadic

#AABB37 #37AABB #BB37AA

tetradic

#AABB37 #37BB8A #4837BB #BB3768

square

#AABB37 #37BB8A #4837BB #BB3768

split-complementary

#AABB37 #3768BB #8A37BB

monochromatic

#545C1B #7F8C29 #AABB37 #C1D05F #D4DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AABB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABB37

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABB37	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aabb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.153 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cf76',
    500: '#aabb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aabb37;
$custom-light: #c7cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aabb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABB37

secondary

#8E85C9

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABB37

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

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