#AABA52#AABA52

#AABA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA52
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -20.46, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 53.98, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0592 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.131 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6600, 44.2734, 14.6481)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA52 #6252BA

analogous

#BA9652 #AABA52 #76BA52

triadic

#AABA52 #52AABA #BA52AA

tetradic

#AABA52 #52BA96 #6252BA #BA5276

square

#AABA52 #52BA96 #6252BA #BA5276

split-complementary

#AABA52 #5276BA #9652BA

monochromatic

#5E682A #86943B #AABA52 #BFCB7E #D5DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#AABA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA52

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA52	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)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce86',
    500: '#aaba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba52;
$custom-light: #c5ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA52

secondary

#A49DCA

accent

#55D368

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA52

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

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