#ABA478#ABA478

#ABA478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.061 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA478
RGB	rgb(171, 164, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 29.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -4.49, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 24.22, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0107 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.061 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4604, 36.5656, 23.0609)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA478 #787FAB

analogous

#AB8B78 #ABA478 #99AB78

triadic

#ABA478 #78ABA4 #A478AB

tetradic

#ABA478 #78AB8B #787FAB #AB7899

square

#ABA478 #78AB8B #787FAB #AB7899

split-complementary

#ABA478 #7899AB #8B78AB

monochromatic

#686341 #8E8658 #ABA478 #C2BD9E #DAD7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ABA478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#ABA478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA478

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA478	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 164, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.061 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be9f',
    500: '#aba478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba478;
$custom-light: #c4be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 23.288,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA478

secondary

#B5B8CA

accent

#74C068

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA478

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

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