#ABA456#ABA456

#ABA456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.101 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA456
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 49.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -8.37, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 41.89, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0244 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.101 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7506, 35.8817, 14.0556)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA456 #565DAB

analogous

#AB7956 #ABA456 #87AB56

triadic

#ABA456 #56ABA4 #A456AB

tetradic

#ABA456 #56AB79 #565DAB #AB5687

square

#ABA456 #56AB79 #565DAB #AB5687

split-complementary

#ABA456 #5687AB #7956AB

monochromatic

#5A562D #837D41 #ABA456 #BFBA7F #D4D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ABA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ABA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA456

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA456	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.101 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be87',
    500: '#aba456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba456;
$custom-light: #c6be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 33.597,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA456

secondary

#9B9FC1

accent

#67CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA456

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

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