#ABA438#ABA438

#ABA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA438
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -10.64, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 55.61, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0343 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.127 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7850, 35.4955, 8.9703)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA438 #383FAB

analogous

#AB6B38 #ABA438 #79AB38

triadic

#ABA438 #38ABA4 #A438AB

tetradic

#ABA438 #38AB6B #383FAB #AB3879

square

#ABA438 #38AB6B #383FAB #AB3879

split-complementary

#ABA438 #3879AB #6B38AB

monochromatic

#4F4C1A #7D7829 #ABA438 #C8C158 #D7D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ABA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ABA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA438

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA438	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be75',
    500: '#aba438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba438;
$custom-light: #c7be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA438

secondary

#7D82C1

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA438

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

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