#AABE42#AABE42

#AABE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.149 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABE42
RGB	rgb(170, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -23.64, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 62.63, 112.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0697 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.149 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9751, 45.7666, 12.0919)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABE42 #5642BE

analogous

#BE9442 #AABE42 #6CBE42

triadic

#AABE42 #42AABE #BE42AA

tetradic

#AABE42 #42BE94 #5642BE #BE426C

square

#AABE42 #42BE94 #5642BE #BE426C

split-complementary

#AABE42 #426CBE #9442BE

monochromatic

#596322 #829132 #AABE42 #BECE70 #D3DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AABE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#AABE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABE42

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABE42	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aabe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.149 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d17d',
    500: '#aabe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aabe42;
$custom-light: #c6d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aabe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76251,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABE42

secondary

#9B92CA

accent

#4FD866

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABE42

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

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