#ABA159#ABA159

#ABA159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.094 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA159
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -6.49, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 39.11, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0187 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.094 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3434, 34.8699, 14.5288)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA159 #5963AB

analogous

#AB7859 #ABA159 #8CAB59

triadic

#ABA159 #59ABA1 #A159AB

tetradic

#ABA159 #59AB78 #5963AB #AB598C

square

#ABA159 #59AB78 #5963AB #AB598C

split-complementary

#ABA159 #598CAB #7859AB

monochromatic

#5B562E #847C43 #ABA159 #C0B882 #D4CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ABA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ABA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA159

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA159	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.094 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc89',
    500: '#aba159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba159;
$custom-light: #c6bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70161,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA159

secondary

#9EA2C2

accent

#6CC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA159

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

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