#ABA259#ABA259

#ABA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.095 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA259
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -7.02, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 39.53, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0202 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.095 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5189, 35.2208, 14.5873)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA259 #5962AB

analogous

#AB7959 #ABA259 #8BAB59

triadic

#ABA259 #59ABA2 #A259AB

tetradic

#ABA259 #59AB79 #5962AB #AB598B

square

#ABA259 #59AB79 #5962AB #AB598B

split-complementary

#ABA259 #598BAB #7959AB

monochromatic

#5B562E #847D43 #ABA259 #C0B982 #D4D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ABA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#ABA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA259

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA259	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.095 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd89',
    500: '#aba259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba259;
$custom-light: #c6bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.415,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA259

secondary

#9EA2C2

accent

#6BC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA259

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

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