#ABA22A#ABA22A

#ABA22A 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	#ABA22A
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -10.30, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 60.16, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0348 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.1341, 34.6669, 7.2941)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA22A #2A33AB

analogous

#AB622A #ABA22A #74AB2A

triadic

#ABA22A #2AABA2 #A22AAB

tetradic

#ABA22A #2AAB62 #2A33AB #AB2A74

square

#ABA22A #2AAB62 #2A33AB #AB2A74

split-complementary

#ABA22A #2A74AB #622AAB

monochromatic

#494512 #7A731E #ABA22A #D1C742 #DDD573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ABA22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ABA22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA22A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA22A	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)

#B19C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6d',
    500: '#aba22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba22a;
$custom-light: #c8bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69896,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA22A

secondary

#6D73C4

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA22A

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

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