#ABA52B#ABA52B

#ABA52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA52B
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -11.83, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 60.87, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.039 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6870, 35.7437, 7.5678)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA52B #2B31AB

analogous

#AB652B #ABA52B #71AB2B

triadic

#ABA52B #2BABA5 #A52BAB

tetradic

#ABA52B #2BAB65 #2B31AB #AB2B71

square

#ABA52B #2BAB65 #2B31AB #AB2B71

split-complementary

#ABA52B #2B71AB #652BAB

monochromatic

#494712 #7A761F #ABA52B #D0C943 #DCD774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ABA52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ABA52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA52B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA52B	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf6e',
    500: '#aba52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba52b;
$custom-light: #c8bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA52B

secondary

#6E72C4

accent

#4CE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA52B

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

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