#ABA261#ABA261

#ABA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.086 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA261
RGB	rgb(171, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -6.20, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 35.45, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0171 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.086 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8733, 35.3626, 16.4536)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA261 #616AAB

analogous

#AB7D61 #ABA261 #8FAB61

triadic

#ABA261 #61ABA2 #A261AB

tetradic

#ABA261 #61AB7D #616AAB #AB618F

square

#ABA261 #61AB7D #616AAB #AB618F

split-complementary

#ABA261 #618FAB #7D61AB

monochromatic

#5F5A33 #877F48 #ABA261 #C0BA89 #D5D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ABA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ABA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA261

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA261	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.086 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd8f',
    500: '#aba261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba261;
$custom-light: #c5bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 30.579,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70501,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA261

secondary

#A4A8C4

accent

#6DC761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA261

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

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