#ABA059#ABA059

#ABA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.093 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA059
RGB	rgb(171, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -5.95, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 38.70, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0172 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.093 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1694, 34.5218, 14.4708)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA059 #5964AB

analogous

#AB7759 #ABA059 #8DAB59

triadic

#ABA059 #59ABA0 #A059AB

tetradic

#ABA059 #59AB77 #5964AB #AB598D

square

#ABA059 #59AB77 #5964AB #AB598D

split-complementary

#ABA059 #598DAB #7759AB

monochromatic

#5B552E #847B43 #ABA059 #C0B782 #D4CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ABA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#ABA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA059

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA059	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.093 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb89',
    500: '#aba059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba059;
$custom-light: #c6bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69945,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA059

secondary

#9EA3C2

accent

#6DC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA059

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

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