#AABA59#AABA59

#AABA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA59
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -19.84, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 50.79, 113.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0567 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.124 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9401, 44.3855, 16.1232)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA59 #6959BA

analogous

#BA9A59 #AABA59 #7ABA59

triadic

#AABA59 #59AABA #BA59AA

tetradic

#AABA59 #59BA9A #6959BA #BA597A

square

#AABA59 #59BA9A #6959BA #BA597A

split-complementary

#AABA59 #597ABA #9A59BA

monochromatic

#616C2D #88973F #AABA59 #C0CC84 #D6DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#AABA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA59

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA59	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce8a',
    500: '#aaba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba59;
$custom-light: #c5ce8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.897,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA59

secondary

#AAA3CC

accent

#57D16B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA59

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

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