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#AABE5B Color

#AABE5B is rgb(170, 190, 91) in RGB, hsl(72, 43%, 55%) in HSL, and about cmyk(11%, 0%, 52%, 25%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Green Yellow (#ACBF60), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.94. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AABE5B
HEX#AABE5B
RGBrgb(170, 190, 91)
HSLhsl(72, 43%, 55%)
HSVhsv(72, 52%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 0%, 52%, 25%)
OKLCHoklch(76.5% 0.127 119)
LABlab(73.86% -18.03 46.84)
LCHlch(73.86% 50.19 111.06)

What #AABE5B Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AABE5B, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#AABE5B Channel Values

How #AABE5B breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 170 · G 190 · B 918-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 72° · S 43% · L 55%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 72° · S 52% · V 75%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 11% · M 0% · Y 52% · K 25%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.05:1 vs white · 10.23:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AABE5B background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.05:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text10.23:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #AABE5B

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AABE5B; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #AABE5B

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AABE5B.

How #AABE5B Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AABE5B
Protanopia#BBBB5B
Protanomaly#B4BC5B
Deuteranopia#B8B85C
Deuteranomaly#B2BA5C
Tritanopia#B4B5B5
Tritanomaly#B0B999
Achromatopsia#B5B5B5

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AABE5B in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-aabe5b: #AABE5B;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AABE5B;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-aabe5b': '#AABE5B' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.667, green: 0.745, blue: 0.357)
Android XML<color name="color_aabe5b">#AABE5B</color>
SVG fillfill="#AABE5B"

More Green Colors

#AABE5B sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AABE5B Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AABE5B?

#AABE5B is a mid-tone green — rgb(170, 190, 91) in RGB and hsl(72, 43%, 55%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Green Yellow (#ACBF60), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.94.

What is the RGB value of #AABE5B?

#AABE5B is rgb(170, 190, 91) — red 170, green 190, and blue 91 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AABE5B?

#AABE5B converts to approximately cmyk(11%, 0%, 52%, 25%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AABE5B be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AABE5B scores 2.05:1 against white and 10.23:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AABE5B as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AABE5B is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkkhaki (#BDB76B) at a CIE76 distance of 14.36, which is visibly different.

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