#ABA42D#ABA42D

#ABA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.135 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA42D
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -11.22, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 59.81, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0371 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.135 106)
XYZ	xyz(30.5449, 35.3994, 7.7059)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA42D #2D34AB

analogous

#AB652D #ABA42D #73AB2D

triadic

#ABA42D #2DABA4 #A42DAB

tetradic

#ABA42D #2DAB65 #2D34AB #AB2D73

square

#ABA42D #2DAB65 #2D34AB #AB2D73

split-complementary

#ABA42D #2D73AB #652DAB

monochromatic

#4A4714 #7B7620 #ABA42D #CEC747 #DBD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ABA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ABA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA42D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA42D	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)

#B29E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.135 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be6f',
    500: '#aba42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba42d;
$custom-light: #c8be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA42D

secondary

#7175C3

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA42D

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

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