#ABA156#ABA156

#ABA156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA156
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -6.78, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 40.62, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0199 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.097 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2200, 34.8206, 13.8788)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA156 #5660AB

analogous

#AB7656 #ABA156 #8AAB56

triadic

#ABA156 #56ABA1 #A156AB

tetradic

#ABA156 #56AB76 #5660AB #AB568A

square

#ABA156 #56AB76 #5660AB #AB568A

split-complementary

#ABA156 #568AAB #7656AB

monochromatic

#5A552D #837B41 #ABA156 #BFB87F #D4CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ABA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA156

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA156	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc87',
    500: '#aba156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba156;
$custom-light: #c6bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70118,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA156

secondary

#9BA0C1

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA156

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

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