#AABA49#AABA49

#AABA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA49
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -21.18, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 57.91, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0621 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.138 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3397, 44.1453, 12.9612)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA49 #5949BA

analogous

#BA9249 #AABA49 #71BA49

triadic

#AABA49 #49AABA #BA49AA

tetradic

#AABA49 #49BA92 #5949BA #BA4971

square

#AABA49 #49BA92 #5949BA #BA4971

split-complementary

#AABA49 #4971BA #9249BA

monochromatic

#5A6326 #838F36 #AABA49 #BFCB75 #D3DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AABA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#AABA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA49

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA49	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce80',
    500: '#aaba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba49;
$custom-light: #c6ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.496,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA49

secondary

#9D96C8

accent

#53D565

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA49

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

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