#ABA235#ABA235

#ABA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA235
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -9.76, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 56.08, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0321 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3587, 34.7568, 8.4770)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA235 #353EAB

analogous

#AB6735 #ABA235 #79AB35

triadic

#ABA235 #35ABA2 #A235AB

tetradic

#ABA235 #35AB67 #353EAB #AB3579

square

#ABA235 #35AB67 #353EAB #AB3579

split-complementary

#ABA235 #3579AB #6735AB

monochromatic

#4E4918 #7C7627 #ABA235 #CAC153 #D8D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ABA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA235

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA235	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)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd73',
    500: '#aba235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba235;
$custom-light: #c7bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69974,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA235

secondary

#7A80C2

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA235

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

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