#ABA239#ABA239
#ABA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABA239 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 162, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 50%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 67%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.7%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.59, -9.53, 53.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.59, 54.45, 100.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.01% -0.031 0.1208) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.01% 0.125 104.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.4546, 34.7951, 8.9820) |
| Luminance | 0.3479 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.06
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.40
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.22
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.24
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.32
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABA239 #3942AB
analogous
#AB6939 #ABA239 #7BAB39
triadic
#ABA239 #39ABA2 #A239AB
tetradic
#ABA239 #39AB69 #3942AB #AB397B
square
#ABA239 #39AB69 #3942AB #AB397B
split-complementary
#ABA239 #397BAB #6939AB
monochromatic
#4F4B1A #7D772A #ABA239 #C8BF59 #D7D187
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.64
#ABA239 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.96
#ABA239 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABA239
7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABA239 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABA239 | 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)
#B09C2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A23F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7978C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aba239; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 104.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7bd75',
500: '#aba239',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aba239; $custom-light: #c7bd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aba239",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 162,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.263,
"s": 50,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70008,
"c": 0.12472,
"h": 104.4
},
"luminance": 0.34794
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABA239
secondary
#7F84C1
accent
#59DA4E
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131209
muted
#82817B