#AABB38#AABB38

#AABB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.152 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABB38
RGB	rgb(170, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -22.77, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 65.07, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0682 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.152 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0625, 44.3727, 10.4583)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABB38 #4938BB

analogous

#BB8A38 #AABB38 #69BB38

triadic

#AABB38 #38AABB #BB38AA

tetradic

#AABB38 #38BB8A #4938BB #BB3869

square

#AABB38 #38BB8A #4938BB #BB3869

split-complementary

#AABB38 #3869BB #8A38BB

monochromatic

#545D1C #7F8C2A #AABB38 #C1D061 #D4DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AABB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABB38

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABB38	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)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aabb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.152 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf77',
    500: '#aabb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aabb38;
$custom-light: #c6cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aabb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.786,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABB38

secondary

#8F86C8

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABB38

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

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