#ABA236#ABA236

#ABA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA236
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -9.71, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 55.67, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0319 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3820, 34.7661, 8.5995)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA236 #363FAB

analogous

#AB6836 #ABA236 #7AAB36

triadic

#ABA236 #36ABA2 #A236AB

tetradic

#ABA236 #36AB68 #363FAB #AB367A

square

#ABA236 #36AB68 #363FAB #AB367A

split-complementary

#ABA236 #367AAB #6836AB

monochromatic

#4E4A19 #7C7627 #ABA236 #C9C055 #D8D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ABA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA236

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA236	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd73',
    500: '#aba236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba236;
$custom-light: #c7bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69982,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA236

secondary

#7B81C2

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA236

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

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