#ABA151#ABA151

#ABA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA151
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 52.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -7.23, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 43.10, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0217 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0256, 34.7428, 12.8547)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA151 #515BAB

analogous

#AB7451 #ABA151 #88AB51

triadic

#ABA151 #51ABA1 #A151AB

tetradic

#ABA151 #51AB74 #515BAB #AB5188

square

#ABA151 #51AB74 #515BAB #AB5188

split-complementary

#ABA151 #5188AB #7451AB

monochromatic

#58532A #817A3D #ABA151 #C0B879 #D3CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ABA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA151

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA151	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc84',
    500: '#aba151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba151;
$custom-light: #c6bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA151

secondary

#979CC1

accent

#68CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA151

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

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