#ABA240#ABA240

#ABA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA240
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -9.09, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 51.45, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.029 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.119 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6414, 34.8699, 9.9660)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA240 #4049AB

analogous

#AB6C40 #ABA240 #7EAB40

triadic

#ABA240 #40ABA2 #A240AB

tetradic

#ABA240 #40AB6C #4049AB #AB407E

square

#ABA240 #40AB6C #4049AB #AB407E

split-complementary

#ABA240 #407EAB #6C40AB

monochromatic

#524E1F #7E782F #ABA240 #C5BD63 #D5D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ABA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ABA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA240

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA240	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd79',
    500: '#aba240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba240;
$custom-light: #c7bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA240

secondary

#868BC1

accent

#5ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA240

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

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