#ABA137#ABA137

#ABA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA137
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -9.12, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 54.90, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0301 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2303, 34.4247, 8.6659)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA137 #3741AB

analogous

#AB6737 #ABA137 #7BAB37

triadic

#ABA137 #37ABA1 #A137AB

tetradic

#ABA137 #37AB67 #3741AB #AB377B

square

#ABA137 #37AB67 #3741AB #AB377B

split-complementary

#ABA137 #377BAB #6737AB

monochromatic

#4E4A19 #7D7528 #ABA137 #C9BF56 #D8D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ABA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ABA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA137

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA137	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)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc74',
    500: '#aba137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba137;
$custom-light: #c7bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69772,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA137

secondary

#7C82C1

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA137

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

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