#AABA44#AABA44
#AABA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AABA44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 186, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 46%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 63%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 63.4%, 27.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.28, -21.53, 56.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.28, 59.99, 111.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.37% -0.0636 0.1275) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.37% 0.143 116.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.1806, 44.0817, 12.1230) |
| Luminance | 0.4408 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.89
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.01
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.70
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.20
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 4.31
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AABA44 #5444BA
analogous
#BA8F44 #AABA44 #6FBA44
triadic
#AABA44 #44AABA #BA44AA
tetradic
#AABA44 #44BA8F #5444BA #BA446F
square
#AABA44 #44BA8F #5444BA #BA446F
split-complementary
#AABA44 #446FBA #8F44BA
monochromatic
#586023 #818D34 #AABA44 #BFCB70 #D3DB9D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#AABA44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.82
#AABA44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AABA44
9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AABA44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AABA44 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.82 | 9.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B135
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B24C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4B0A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aaba44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 116.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ce7d',
500: '#aaba44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aaba44; $custom-light: #c6ce7d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aaba44",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 186,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.136,
"s": 46.457,
"l": 49.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75365,
"c": 0.14251,
"h": 116.5
},
"luminance": 0.44081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AABA44
secondary
#9992C8
accent
#52D664
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#13130A
muted
#82827C