#ABA037#ABA037

#ABA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA037
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -8.59, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 54.54, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0286 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0562, 34.0766, 8.6079)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA037 #3742AB

analogous

#AB6637 #ABA037 #7CAB37

triadic

#ABA037 #37ABA0 #A037AB

tetradic

#ABA037 #37AB66 #3742AB #AB377C

square

#ABA037 #37AB66 #3742AB #AB377C

split-complementary

#ABA037 #377CAB #6637AB

monochromatic

#4E4919 #7D7528 #ABA037 #C9BE56 #D8D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#ABA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#ABA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA037

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA037	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb74',
    500: '#aba037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba037;
$custom-light: #c7bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69553,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA037

secondary

#7C83C1

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA037

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

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