#ABA43B#ABA43B

#ABA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA43B
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -10.46, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 54.37, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0334 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8606, 35.5257, 9.3684)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA43B #3B42AB

analogous

#AB6C3B #ABA43B #7AAB3B

triadic

#ABA43B #3BABA4 #A43BAB

tetradic

#ABA43B #3BAB6C #3B42AB #AB3B7A

square

#ABA43B #3BAB6C #3B42AB #AB3B7A

split-complementary

#ABA43B #3B7AAB #6C3BAB

monochromatic

#504D1C #7D782B #ABA43B #C7C05C #D7D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ABA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ABA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA43B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA43B	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)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be76',
    500: '#aba43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba43b;
$custom-light: #c7be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70464,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA43B

secondary

#8185C1

accent

#58D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA43B

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

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