#ABA231#ABA231

#ABA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA231
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -9.98, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 57.63, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0331 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2705, 34.7215, 8.0126)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA231 #313AAB

analogous

#AB6531 #ABA231 #77AB31

triadic

#ABA231 #31ABA2 #A231AB

tetradic

#ABA231 #31AB65 #313AAB #AB3177

square

#ABA231 #31AB65 #313AAB #AB3177

split-complementary

#ABA231 #3177AB #6531AB

monochromatic

#4C4816 #7B7523 #ABA231 #CCC34D #DAD37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#ABA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA231

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA231	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd71',
    500: '#aba231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba231;
$custom-light: #c7bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA231

secondary

#757BC2

accent

#54DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA231

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

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