#ABA233#ABA233

#ABA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA233
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -9.87, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 56.86, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0326 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3137, 34.7388, 8.2398)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA233 #333CAB

analogous

#AB6633 #ABA233 #78AB33

triadic

#ABA233 #33ABA2 #A233AB

tetradic

#ABA233 #33AB66 #333CAB #AB3378

square

#ABA233 #33AB66 #333CAB #AB3378

split-complementary

#ABA233 #3378AB #6633AB

monochromatic

#4D4917 #7C7525 #ABA233 #CBC250 #D9D27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ABA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA233

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA233	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd72',
    500: '#aba233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba233;
$custom-light: #c7bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69959,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA233

secondary

#787DC2

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA233

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

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