#ABA437#ABA437

#ABA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA437
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -10.70, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 56.02, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0346 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.128 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7608, 35.4858, 8.8428)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA437 #373EAB

analogous

#AB6A37 #ABA437 #78AB37

triadic

#ABA437 #37ABA4 #A437AB

tetradic

#ABA437 #37AB6A #373EAB #AB3778

square

#ABA437 #37AB6A #373EAB #AB3778

split-complementary

#ABA437 #3778AB #6A37AB

monochromatic

#4E4B19 #7D7828 #ABA437 #C9C256 #D8D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ABA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ABA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA437

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA437	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be74',
    500: '#aba437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba437;
$custom-light: #c7be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7043,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA437

secondary

#7C81C1

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA437

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

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