#AABC42#AABC42

#AABC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABC42
RGB	rgb(170, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -22.66, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 61.71, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0669 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.146 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5449, 44.9062, 11.9485)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABC42 #5442BC

analogous

#BC9142 #AABC42 #6DBC42

triadic

#AABC42 #42AABC #BC42AA

tetradic

#AABC42 #42BC91 #5442BC #BC426D

square

#AABC42 #42BC91 #5442BC #BC426D

split-complementary

#AABC42 #426DBC #9142BC

monochromatic

#586122 #818F32 #AABC42 #BFCC6F #D3DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AABC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#AABC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABC42

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABC42	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aabc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d07c',
    500: '#aabc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aabc42;
$custom-light: #c6d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aabc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75799,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABC42

secondary

#9991C9

accent

#50D864

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABC42

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

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