#ABA229#ABA229

#ABA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA229
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -10.35, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 60.50, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.035 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.1165, 34.6599, 7.2010)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA229 #2932AB

analogous

#AB6129 #ABA229 #73AB29

triadic

#ABA229 #29ABA2 #A229AB

tetradic

#ABA229 #29AB61 #2932AB #AB2973

square

#ABA229 #29AB61 #2932AB #AB2973

split-complementary

#ABA229 #2973AB #6129AB

monochromatic

#484411 #7A731D #ABA229 #D1C740 #DDD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ABA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ABA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA229

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA229	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)

#B19C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6d',
    500: '#aba229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba229;
$custom-light: #c8bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6989,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA229

secondary

#6C72C4

accent

#4FE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA229

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

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