#ABA157#ABA157

#ABA157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA157
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 49.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -6.68, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 40.12, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0195 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.096 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2606, 34.8368, 14.0925)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA157 #5761AB

analogous

#AB7757 #ABA157 #8BAB57

triadic

#ABA157 #57ABA1 #A157AB

tetradic

#ABA157 #57AB77 #5761AB #AB578B

square

#ABA157 #57AB77 #5761AB #AB578B

split-complementary

#ABA157 #578BAB #7757AB

monochromatic

#5A552D #837B42 #ABA157 #BFB880 #D4CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ABA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA157

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA157	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc88',
    500: '#aba157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba157;
$custom-light: #c6bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA157

secondary

#9CA1C2

accent

#6BC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA157

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

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