#ABA42A#ABA42A

#ABA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA42A
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -11.35, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 60.85, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0377 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.4892, 35.3771, 7.4125)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA42A #2A31AB

analogous

#AB642A #ABA42A #72AB2A

triadic

#ABA42A #2AABA4 #A42AAB

tetradic

#ABA42A #2AAB64 #2A31AB #AB2A72

square

#ABA42A #2AAB64 #2A31AB #AB2A72

split-complementary

#ABA42A #2A72AB #642AAB

monochromatic

#494612 #7A751E #ABA42A #D1C942 #DDD773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ABA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ABA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA42A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA42A	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6d',
    500: '#aba42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba42a;
$custom-light: #c8be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70336,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA42A

secondary

#6D72C4

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA42A

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

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