#ABA238#ABA238

#ABA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA238
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -9.59, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 54.86, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0313 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4299, 34.7853, 8.8519)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA238 #3841AB

analogous

#AB6838 #ABA238 #7BAB38

triadic

#ABA238 #38ABA2 #A238AB

tetradic

#ABA238 #38AB68 #3841AB #AB387B

square

#ABA238 #38AB68 #3841AB #AB387B

split-complementary

#ABA238 #387BAB #6838AB

monochromatic

#4F4B1A #7D7629 #ABA238 #C8BF58 #D7D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ABA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA238

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA238	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd74',
    500: '#aba238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba238;
$custom-light: #c7bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA238

secondary

#7D83C1

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA238

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

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