#ABA436#ABA436
#ABA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ABA436 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 164, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 52%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 68%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 68.4%, 32.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.12, -10.76, 55.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.12, 56.42, 100.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.42% -0.0348 0.124) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.42% 0.129 105.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7371, 35.4763, 8.7178) |
| Luminance | 0.3548 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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Puke
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Pea Soup
#929901
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Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.01
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.40
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ABA436 #363DAB
analogous
#AB6A36 #ABA436 #78AB36
triadic
#ABA436 #36ABA4 #A436AB
tetradic
#ABA436 #36AB6A #363DAB #AB3678
square
#ABA436 #36AB6A #363DAB #AB3678
split-complementary
#ABA436 #3678AB #6A36AB
monochromatic
#4E4B19 #7C7727 #ABA436 #C9C255 #D8D383
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.59
#ABA436 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.09
#ABA436 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ABA436
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ABA436 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ABA436 | 1.00 | 2.59 | 8.09 | 8.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E26
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A33D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7998E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aba436; /* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 105.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7be74',
500: '#aba436',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aba436; $custom-light: #c7be74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aba436",
"rgb": {
"r": 171,
"g": 164,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.41,
"s": 52,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70422,
"c": 0.12884,
"h": 105.7
},
"luminance": 0.35475
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ABA436
secondary
#7B7FC2
accent
#55DB4C
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B