#AABA31#AABA31

#AABA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.155 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA31
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -22.64, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 67.07, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0685 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.155 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6917, 43.8861, 9.5485)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA31 #4131BA

analogous

#BA8531 #AABA31 #65BA31

triadic

#AABA31 #31AABA #BA31AA

tetradic

#AABA31 #31BA85 #4131BA #BA3165

square

#AABA31 #31BA85 #4131BA #BA3165

split-complementary

#AABA31 #3165BA #8531BA

monochromatic

#515917 #7E8A24 #AABA31 #C4D256 #D5DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AABA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#AABA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA31

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA31	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.155 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ce73',
    500: '#aaba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba31;
$custom-light: #c7ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75218,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA31

secondary

#877EC9

accent

#46E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA31

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

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