#ABA255#ABA255

#ABA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA255
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 50.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -7.40, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 41.54, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0218 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3555, 35.1555, 13.7266)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA255 #555EAB

analogous

#AB7755 #ABA255 #89AB55

triadic

#ABA255 #55ABA2 #A255AB

tetradic

#ABA255 #55AB77 #555EAB #AB5589

square

#ABA255 #55AB77 #555EAB #AB5589

split-complementary

#ABA255 #5589AB #7755AB

monochromatic

#59552C #827B40 #ABA255 #BFB87E #D3CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ABA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#ABA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA255

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA255	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd87',
    500: '#aba255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba255;
$custom-light: #c6bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70321,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA255

secondary

#9B9FC1

accent

#69CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA255

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

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