#ABA172#ABA172

#ABA172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.065 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA172
RGB	rgb(171, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 33.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -3.67, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 26.09, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0086 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.065 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5771, 35.3634, 21.0261)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA172 #727CAB

analogous

#AB8472 #ABA172 #98AB72

triadic

#ABA172 #72ABA1 #A172AB

tetradic

#ABA172 #72AB84 #727CAB #AB7298

square

#ABA172 #72AB84 #727CAB #AB7298

split-complementary

#ABA172 #7298AB #8472AB

monochromatic

#665F3D #8C8254 #ABA172 #C2BB98 #D9D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ABA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ABA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA172

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA172	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.065 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc9b',
    500: '#aba172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba172;
$custom-light: #c5bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7059,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA172

secondary

#B1B5C8

accent

#76C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA172

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

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