#ABA228#ABA228

#ABA228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA228
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -10.39, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 60.83, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0352 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.0992, 34.6530, 7.1103)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA228 #2831AB

analogous

#AB6128 #ABA228 #73AB28

triadic

#ABA228 #28ABA2 #A228AB

tetradic

#ABA228 #28AB61 #2831AB #AB2873

square

#ABA228 #28AB61 #2831AB #AB2873

split-complementary

#ABA228 #2873AB #6128AB

monochromatic

#484411 #79731C #ABA228 #D2C83E #DED670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ABA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ABA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA228

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA228	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6c',
    500: '#aba228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba228;
$custom-light: #c8bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.34652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA228

secondary

#6A71C4

accent

#4EE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA228

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

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