#ABA242#ABA242

#ABA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA242
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -8.95, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 50.56, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0283 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(30.6994, 34.8930, 10.2711)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA242 #424BAB

analogous

#AB6E42 #ABA242 #80AB42

triadic

#ABA242 #42ABA2 #A242AB

tetradic

#ABA242 #42AB6E #424BAB #AB4280

square

#ABA242 #42AB6E #424BAB #AB4280

split-complementary

#ABA242 #4280AB #6E42AB

monochromatic

#534E20 #7F7831 #ABA242 #C4BC66 #D5CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ABA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ABA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA242

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA242	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd7a',
    500: '#aba242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba242;
$custom-light: #c7bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA242

secondary

#888DC0

accent

#5FD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA242

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

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