#ABA023#ABA023

#ABA023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA023
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 79.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -9.53, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 61.76, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0332 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6701, 33.9221, 6.5746)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA023 #232EAB

analogous

#AB5C23 #ABA023 #72AB23

triadic

#ABA023 #23ABA0 #A023AB

tetradic

#ABA023 #23AB5C #232EAB #AB2372

square

#ABA023 #23AB5C #232EAB #AB2372

split-complementary

#ABA023 #2372AB #5C23AB

monochromatic

#45410E #787019 #ABA023 #D6C935 #E0D668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#ABA023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#ABA023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA023

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA023	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6a',
    500: '#aba023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba023;
$custom-light: #c8bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69417,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA023

secondary

#646CC6

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA023

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

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