#AABA36#AABA36

#AABA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.152 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA36
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -22.39, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 65.35, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0673 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.152 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8032, 43.9307, 10.1354)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA36 #4636BA

analogous

#BA8836 #AABA36 #68BA36

triadic

#AABA36 #36AABA #BA36AA

tetradic

#AABA36 #36BA88 #4636BA #BA3668

square

#AABA36 #36BA88 #4636BA #BA3668

split-complementary

#AABA36 #3668BA #8836BA

monochromatic

#535B1A #7F8B28 #AABA36 #C2D05D #D4DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AABA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AABA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA36

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA36	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.152 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ce76',
    500: '#aaba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba36;
$custom-light: #c7ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA36

secondary

#8C84C8

accent

#49DE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →