#AABA37#AABA37

#AABA37 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	#AABA37
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -22.33, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 64.99, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0671 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.152 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8269, 43.9402, 10.2603)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA37 #4737BA

analogous

#BA8837 #AABA37 #69BA37

triadic

#AABA37 #37AABA #BA37AA

tetradic

#AABA37 #37BA88 #4737BA #BA3769

square

#AABA37 #37BA88 #4737BA #BA3769

split-complementary

#AABA37 #3769BA #8837BA

monochromatic

#545C1B #7F8B29 #AABA37 #C2D05F #D4DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AABA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AABA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA37

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA37	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)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.152 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ce76',
    500: '#aaba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba37;
$custom-light: #c7ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA37

secondary

#8D85C8

accent

#4ADE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA37

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

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