#ABA256#ABA256

#ABA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA256
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -7.31, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 41.04, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0214 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.098 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3955, 35.1715, 13.9373)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA256 #565FAB

analogous

#AB7756 #ABA256 #89AB56

triadic

#ABA256 #56ABA2 #A256AB

tetradic

#ABA256 #56AB77 #565FAB #AB5689

square

#ABA256 #56AB77 #565FAB #AB5689

split-complementary

#ABA256 #5689AB #7756AB

monochromatic

#5A552D #837C41 #ABA256 #BFB87F #D4CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ABA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#ABA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA256

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA256	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)

#AE9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd87',
    500: '#aba256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba256;
$custom-light: #c6bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA256

secondary

#9B9FC1

accent

#69CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA256

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

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