#AABA27#AABA27

#AABA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.161 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA27
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -23.07, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 70.13, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0705 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.161 116)
XYZ	xyz(34.5036, 43.8109, 8.5578)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA27 #3727BA

analogous

#BA8127 #AABA27 #60BA27

triadic

#AABA27 #27AABA #BA27AA

tetradic

#AABA27 #27BA81 #3727BA #BA2760

square

#AABA27 #27BA81 #3727BA #BA2760

split-complementary

#AABA27 #2760BA #8127BA

monochromatic

#4E5512 #7C871C #AABA27 #C8D846 #D7E379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AABA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#AABA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA27

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA27	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.161 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ce6f',
    500: '#aaba27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba27;
$custom-light: #c7ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75162,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.4381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA27

secondary

#7C72CB

accent

#40E852

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA27

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

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