#AABA50#AABA50

#AABA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA50
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 57%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -20.63, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 54.87, 112.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0598 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.132 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5850, 44.2434, 14.2531)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA50 #6050BA

analogous

#BA9550 #AABA50 #75BA50

triadic

#AABA50 #50AABA #BA50AA

tetradic

#AABA50 #50BA95 #6050BA #BA5075

square

#AABA50 #50BA95 #6050BA #BA5075

split-complementary

#AABA50 #5075BA #9550BA

monochromatic

#5E6729 #85933A #AABA50 #BFCB7C #D5DDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#AABA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA50

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA50	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce85',
    500: '#aaba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba50;
$custom-light: #c5ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA50

secondary

#A39CCA

accent

#55D368

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA50

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

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