#AABB42#AABB42

#AABB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABB42
RGB	rgb(170, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -22.16, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 61.26, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0655 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.145 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3320, 44.4805, 11.8775)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABB42 #5342BB

analogous

#BB9042 #AABB42 #6DBB42

triadic

#AABB42 #42AABB #BB42AA

tetradic

#AABB42 #42BB90 #5342BB #BB426D

square

#AABB42 #42BB90 #5342BB #BB426D

split-complementary

#AABB42 #426DBB #9042BB

monochromatic

#586122 #818E32 #AABB42 #BFCC6E #D3DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AABB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AABB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABB42

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABB42	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aabb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf7c',
    500: '#aabb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aabb42;
$custom-light: #c6cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aabb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.43,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABB42

secondary

#9991C8

accent

#50D763

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABB42

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

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