#ABA22D#ABA22D

#ABA22D 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	#ABA22D
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 73.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -10.17, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 59.11, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0341 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1898, 34.6892, 7.5876)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA22D #2D36AB

analogous

#AB632D #ABA22D #75AB2D

triadic

#ABA22D #2DABA2 #A22DAB

tetradic

#ABA22D #2DAB63 #2D36AB #AB2D75

square

#ABA22D #2DAB63 #2D36AB #AB2D75

split-complementary

#ABA22D #2D75AB #632DAB

monochromatic

#4A4614 #7B7420 #ABA22D #CEC547 #DBD477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ABA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#ABA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA22D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA22D	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)

#B19C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6f',
    500: '#aba22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba22d;
$custom-light: #c8bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69915,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA22D

secondary

#7177C3

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA22D

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

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