#ABA053#ABA053

#ABA053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA053
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -6.52, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 41.70, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0194 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9276, 34.4251, 13.1975)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA053 #535EAB

analogous

#AB7453 #ABA053 #8AAB53

triadic

#ABA053 #53ABA0 #A053AB

tetradic

#ABA053 #53AB74 #535EAB #AB538A

square

#ABA053 #53AB74 #535EAB #AB538A

split-complementary

#ABA053 #538AAB #7453AB

monochromatic

#59532B #82793F #ABA053 #BFB77C #D3CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ABA053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ABA053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA053

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA053	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb85',
    500: '#aba053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba053;
$custom-light: #c6bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 34.646,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA053

secondary

#999EC1

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA053

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

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