#ABA237#ABA237

#ABA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA237
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -9.65, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 55.27, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0316 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4057, 34.7756, 8.7244)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA237 #3740AB

analogous

#AB6837 #ABA237 #7AAB37

triadic

#ABA237 #37ABA2 #A237AB

tetradic

#ABA237 #37AB68 #3740AB #AB377A

square

#ABA237 #37AB68 #3740AB #AB377A

split-complementary

#ABA237 #377AAB #6837AB

monochromatic

#4E4A19 #7D7628 #ABA237 #C9C056 #D8D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ABA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA237

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA237	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd74',
    500: '#aba237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba237;
$custom-light: #c7bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69991,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA237

secondary

#7C82C1

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA237

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

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