#ABA161#ABA161

#ABA161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA161
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -5.67, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 35.02, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0156 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6978, 35.0117, 16.3951)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA161 #616BAB

analogous

#AB7C61 #ABA161 #90AB61

triadic

#ABA161 #61ABA1 #A161AB

tetradic

#ABA161 #61AB7C #616BAB #AB6190

square

#ABA161 #61AB7C #616BAB #AB6190

split-complementary

#ABA161 #6190AB #7C61AB

monochromatic

#5F5933 #877E48 #ABA161 #C0B989 #D5D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ABA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ABA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA161

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA161	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc8f',
    500: '#aba161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba161;
$custom-light: #c5bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 30.579,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA161

secondary

#A4A8C4

accent

#6FC761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA161

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

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