#ABA251#ABA251

#ABA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.104 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA251
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -7.76, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 43.51, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0232 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.104 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.2010, 35.0937, 12.9132)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA251 #515AAB

analogous

#AB7551 #ABA251 #87AB51

triadic

#ABA251 #51ABA2 #A251AB

tetradic

#ABA251 #51AB75 #515AAB #AB5187

square

#ABA251 #51AB75 #515AAB #AB5187

split-complementary

#ABA251 #5187AB #7551AB

monochromatic

#58532A #817B3D #ABA251 #C0B979 #D3CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ABA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ABA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA251

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA251	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.104 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd84',
    500: '#aba251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba251;
$custom-light: #c6bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA251

secondary

#979BC1

accent

#67CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA251

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

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