#ABA23B#ABA23B

#ABA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA23B
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -9.41, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 53.61, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0305 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.123 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5055, 34.8155, 9.2500)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA23B #3B44AB

analogous

#AB6A3B #ABA23B #7CAB3B

triadic

#ABA23B #3BABA2 #A23BAB

tetradic

#ABA23B #3BAB6A #3B44AB #AB3B7C

square

#ABA23B #3BAB6A #3B44AB #AB3B7C

split-complementary

#ABA23B #3B7CAB #6A3BAB

monochromatic

#504C1C #7D772B #ABA23B #C7BE5C #D7D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ABA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ABA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA23B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA23B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd76',
    500: '#aba23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba23b;
$custom-light: #c7bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA23B

secondary

#8186C1

accent

#5BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA23B

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

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