#ABA22C#ABA22C
#ABA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABA22C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 162, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 59%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 74%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.3%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.50, -10.22, 58.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.50, 59.46, 99.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.91% -0.0343 0.129) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.91% 0.133 104.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.1708, 34.6816, 7.4874) |
| Luminance | 0.3468 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.20
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.27
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.41
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.74
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.98
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABA22C #2C35AB
analogous
#AB632C #ABA22C #75AB2C
triadic
#ABA22C #2CABA2 #A22CAB
tetradic
#ABA22C #2CAB63 #2C35AB #AB2C75
square
#ABA22C #2CAB63 #2C35AB #AB2C75
split-complementary
#ABA22C #2C75AB #632CAB
monochromatic
#4A4613 #7A741F #ABA22C #CFC545 #DCD476
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.65
#ABA22C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.94
#ABA22C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABA22C
7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABA22C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABA22C | 1.00 | 2.65 | 7.94 | 7.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B8978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aba22c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.133 104.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8bd6e',
500: '#aba22c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aba22c; $custom-light: #c8bd6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aba22c",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 162,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.748,
"s": 59.07,
"l": 42.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69909,
"c": 0.13349,
"h": 104.9
},
"luminance": 0.3468
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABA22C
secondary
#6F75C3
accent
#51E246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B