#AABA53#AABA53

#AABA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA53
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -20.38, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 53.53, 112.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0588 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.13 117)
XYZ	xyz(35.6984, 44.2888, 14.8499)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA53 #6353BA

analogous

#BA9653 #AABA53 #77BA53

triadic

#AABA53 #53AABA #BA53AA

tetradic

#AABA53 #53BA96 #6353BA #BA5377

square

#AABA53 #53BA96 #6353BA #BA5377

split-complementary

#AABA53 #5377BA #9653BA

monochromatic

#5F692A #87943B #AABA53 #C0CC7F #D5DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AABA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA53

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA53	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce87',
    500: '#aaba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba53;
$custom-light: #c5ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.32,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA53

secondary

#A59ECB

accent

#55D369

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA53

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

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