#ABA22B#ABA22B

#ABA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA22B
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -10.26, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 59.81, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0346 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1522, 34.6742, 7.3896)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA22B #2B34AB

analogous

#AB622B #ABA22B #74AB2B

triadic

#ABA22B #2BABA2 #A22BAB

tetradic

#ABA22B #2BAB62 #2B34AB #AB2B74

square

#ABA22B #2BAB62 #2B34AB #AB2B74

split-complementary

#ABA22B #2B74AB #622BAB

monochromatic

#494512 #7A741F #ABA22B #D0C643 #DCD574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ABA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ABA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA22B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA22B	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)

#B19C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6e',
    500: '#aba22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba22b;
$custom-light: #c8bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69902,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA22B

secondary

#6E74C4

accent

#50E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA22B

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

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