#ABA038#ABA038

#ABA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA038
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -8.54, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 54.13, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0283 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0804, 34.0863, 8.7354)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA038 #3843AB

analogous

#AB6738 #ABA038 #7DAB38

triadic

#ABA038 #38ABA0 #A038AB

tetradic

#ABA038 #38AB67 #3843AB #AB387D

square

#ABA038 #38AB67 #3843AB #AB387D

split-complementary

#ABA038 #387DAB #6738AB

monochromatic

#4F4A1A #7D7529 #ABA038 #C8BE58 #D7D086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#ABA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#ABA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA038

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA038	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb74',
    500: '#aba038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba038;
$custom-light: #c7bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69562,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA038

secondary

#7D84C1

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA038

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

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