#AABA57#AABA57

#AABA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.126 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA57
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -20.02, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 51.71, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0574 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.126 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8573, 44.3523, 15.6869)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA57 #6757BA

analogous

#BA9857 #AABA57 #78BA57

triadic

#AABA57 #57AABA #BA57AA

tetradic

#AABA57 #57BA98 #6757BA #BA5778

square

#AABA57 #57BA98 #6757BA #BA5778

split-complementary

#AABA57 #5778BA #9857BA

monochromatic

#616B2C #88963E #AABA57 #C0CC82 #D6DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#AABA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA57

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA57	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)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.126 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce89',
    500: '#aaba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba57;
$custom-light: #c5ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.697,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA57

secondary

#A8A1CC

accent

#56D26A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA57

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

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