#AABA3B#AABA3B

#AABA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.149 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA3B
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -22.11, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 63.53, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0661 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.149 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9267, 43.9801, 10.7859)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA3B #4B3BBA

analogous

#BA8A3B #AABA3B #6ABA3B

triadic

#AABA3B #3BAABA #BA3BAA

tetradic

#AABA3B #3BBA8A #4B3BBA #BA3B6A

square

#AABA3B #3BBA8A #4B3BBA #BA3B6A

split-complementary

#AABA3B #3B6ABA #8A3BBA

monochromatic

#555D1E #808C2C #AABA3B #C1CE64 #D3DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AABA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#AABA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA3B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA3B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.149 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce78',
    500: '#aaba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba3b;
$custom-light: #c6ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.559,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA3B

secondary

#9189C8

accent

#4DDB5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA3B

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

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