#AABA42#AABA42

#AABA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.144 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA42
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -21.67, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 60.80, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0642 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.144 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1206, 44.0577, 11.8070)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA42 #5242BA

analogous

#BA8E42 #AABA42 #6EBA42

triadic

#AABA42 #42AABA #BA42AA

tetradic

#AABA42 #42BA8E #5242BA #BA426E

square

#AABA42 #42BA8E #5242BA #BA426E

split-complementary

#AABA42 #426EBA #8E42BA

monochromatic

#576022 #818D32 #AABA42 #BFCB6E #D3DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AABA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#AABA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA42

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA42	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.144 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce7c',
    500: '#aaba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba42;
$custom-light: #c6ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA42

secondary

#9890C8

accent

#51D763

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA42

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

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