#ABA138#ABA138

#ABA138 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 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA138
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -9.06, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 54.49, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0298 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2545, 34.4344, 8.7935)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA138 #3842AB

analogous

#AB6838 #ABA138 #7BAB38

triadic

#ABA138 #38ABA1 #A138AB

tetradic

#ABA138 #38AB68 #3842AB #AB387B

square

#ABA138 #38AB68 #3842AB #AB387B

split-complementary

#ABA138 #387BAB #6838AB

monochromatic

#4F4A1A #7D7629 #ABA138 #C8BF58 #D7D086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ABA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ABA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA138

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA138	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc74',
    500: '#aba138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba138;
$custom-light: #c7bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA138

secondary

#7D83C1

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA138

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

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