#AABA38#AABA38

#AABA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.151 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA38
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -22.28, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 64.63, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0668 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.151 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8511, 43.9499, 10.3879)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA38 #4838BA

analogous

#BA8938 #AABA38 #69BA38

triadic

#AABA38 #38AABA #BA38AA

tetradic

#AABA38 #38BA89 #4838BA #BA3869

square

#AABA38 #38BA89 #4838BA #BA3869

split-complementary

#AABA38 #3869BA #8938BA

monochromatic

#545C1C #7F8B2A #AABA38 #C1CF60 #D4DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AABA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AABA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA38

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA38	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)

#C7B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.151 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce77',
    500: '#aaba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba38;
$custom-light: #c6ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75266,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA38

secondary

#8E86C8

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA38

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

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