#ABA42E#ABA42E

#ABA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.134 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA42E
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -11.17, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 59.46, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0368 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.134 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5644, 35.4072, 7.8085)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA42E #2E35AB

analogous

#AB652E #ABA42E #73AB2E

triadic

#ABA42E #2EABA4 #A42EAB

tetradic

#ABA42E #2EAB65 #2E35AB #AB2E73

square

#ABA42E #2EAB65 #2E35AB #AB2E73

split-complementary

#ABA42E #2E73AB #652EAB

monochromatic

#4B4714 #7B7621 #ABA42E #CEC648 #DBD579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ABA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ABA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA42E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA42E	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)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.134 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be6f',
    500: '#aba42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba42e;
$custom-light: #c7be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70362,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA42E

secondary

#7276C3

accent

#50E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA42E

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

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