#ABA040#ABA040

#ABA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA040
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -8.03, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 50.68, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.026 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.117 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2919, 34.1709, 9.8495)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA040 #404BAB

analogous

#AB6A40 #ABA040 #80AB40

triadic

#ABA040 #40ABA0 #A040AB

tetradic

#ABA040 #40AB6A #404BAB #AB4080

square

#ABA040 #40AB6A #404BAB #AB4080

split-complementary

#ABA040 #4080AB #6A40AB

monochromatic

#524D1F #7E762F #ABA040 #C5BB63 #D5CE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ABA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#ABA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA040

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA040	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb79',
    500: '#aba040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba040;
$custom-light: #c7bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA040

secondary

#868CC1

accent

#60D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA040

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

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