#AABA56#AABA56

#AABA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA56
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -20.11, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 52.17, 112.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0578 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.127 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8167, 44.3361, 15.4732)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA56 #6656BA

analogous

#BA9856 #AABA56 #78BA56

triadic

#AABA56 #56AABA #BA56AA

tetradic

#AABA56 #56BA98 #6656BA #BA5678

square

#AABA56 #56BA98 #6656BA #BA5678

split-complementary

#AABA56 #5678BA #9856BA

monochromatic

#606A2B #88963D #AABA56 #C0CC81 #D6DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AABA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA56

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA56	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce89',
    500: '#aaba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba56;
$custom-light: #c5ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA56

secondary

#A7A0CB

accent

#56D26A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA56

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

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