#ABA049#ABA049

#ABA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA049
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -7.37, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 46.55, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.023 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.109 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5690, 34.2817, 11.3088)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA049 #4954AB

analogous

#AB6F49 #ABA049 #85AB49

triadic

#ABA049 #49ABA0 #A049AB

tetradic

#ABA049 #49AB6F #4954AB #AB4985

square

#ABA049 #49AB6F #4954AB #AB4985

split-complementary

#ABA049 #4985AB #6F49AB

monochromatic

#555024 #807837 #ABA049 #C2B86F #D4CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ABA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ABA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA049

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA049	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb7f',
    500: '#aba049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba049;
$custom-light: #c6bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA049

secondary

#8F95C0

accent

#65D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA049

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

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